{"id":3864,"date":"2025-09-15T15:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albertautilitybilling.ca\/?page_id=3864"},"modified":"2025-09-21T10:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:48:15","slug":"co-operativesnew","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/albertautilitybilling.ca\/index.php\/co-operativesnew\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-operatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3864\" class=\"elementor elementor-3864\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0afbed2 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"0afbed2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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the Alberta rules and regulations. Our system will do all that for you, so you can focus on serving your members.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88e2ccc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"88e2ccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57341f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57341f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Serving your members<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0319f7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0319f7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\">You benefit from a system that helps you serve your members by keeping accurate, up-to-date membership information.\u00a0The system allows you to manage your meters and transformers, knowing which ones are installed where at all times.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">You manage move-ins and outs and easily keep track of member and tenant information (phone numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses, rates, equipment, etc.).<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">You need meter reads for billing, and our system communicates with your meter reading devices to ensure all meters are read. We record meter reads and store information on all members, including their historical usage.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Since you are member owned, you need to reach your members to hold AGMs and elect directors. You need accurate, up-to-date voter lists.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">AUB\u2019s system stores information on all members, including their historic usage.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Your members enjoy the benefit of a web portal that gives them easy access to usage and billing information.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5188220 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5188220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b07a81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b07a81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Building community<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f8ddc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f8ddc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Energy co-operatives are essential to the Alberta market. AUB understands and supports you.<\/p><p>In the 1940s when the big power companies refused to serve the rural market, farmers formed co-operatives and built their own systems.\u00a0The Alberta government then passed the <em>Rural Utilities Act <\/em>to encourage farmers to bring electricity and natural gas to homes, barns and stables. As a member-owned co-operative, you continue this tradition, helping to build community while distributing energy and acting as retailers.<\/p><p>Electric co-operatives are rural communities with deep ties and great attachment to the multi-generational histories that shape them. 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