The ownership structure of American power industry consists of four forms of power enterprises: private power companies, power bureaus operated by the federal government, municipal public power companies and rural power cooperatives, which have been formed since the early 1930s and have continued to this day.
After several mergers, the number of private power companies has changed from more than 2,000 to 240, accounting for 78% of the national total. The six power bureaus operated by the federal government (Tennessee Valley Authority, Bainville Power Bureau, Southwest Power Bureau, Alaska Power Bureau, Southeast Power Bureau and Western Power Bureau) and 65,438+0,900 municipal public power companies account for 28% of the national total respectively. The rural electrification plan was implemented from 1936, and the Rural Electrification Bureau (REA) of the Ministry of Interior provided loans to the national rural electric cooperatives. After more than 20 years of efforts, the United States has basically realized rural electrification. Rural power cooperatives 1 10,000, with installed capacity10.85 million kilowatts.