Name: ADAMS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
Address: 1338 BIGLERVILLE RD, Gettysburg, PA, 17325-8018, US
Telephone: (717) 334-9211

Even though power company lines connected the urban centers of Gettysburg, York and Shippensburg in the early days, nearby rural areas were left in the dark. Private power companies did not consider it profitable to provide electricity to rural areas. For rural residents, the cost of getting central station electrical service -- if they could even obtain it -- was prohibitive. The cost of the kilowatt-hours for rural residents was also higher than for urban dwellers. Working together, local farmers and others created an electric cooperative to supply themselves with power.

July 18, 1940
A handful of farmers meet at the Gettysburg Farm Bureau office to explore the formation of a co-op.

August 21, 1940
Adams Electric Cooperative is incorporated. More than 2,000 people sign up to become members and pay $5 each as their share in the new member-owned, non-profit electric cooperative.

October 1940
Adams Electric receives its first REA loan and begins to construct its system. Private power companies try various methods of preventing the formation of the co-op.

January 30, 1941
The "Battle of the Pole Holes" occurs in the Big Springs area of Cumberland County. This nonviolent battle pits local residents against Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Residents desiring electric service from the emerging co-op refill utility pole holes as soon as PP&L crews dig them in order to prevent construction.

ADAMS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.

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