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CONNECTION POWERS OUR PURPOSE

ABOUT TRICO

Trico Electric Cooperative Inc. is a non-profit electric distribution cooperative serving more than 49,000 Members in communities surrounding the City of Tucson, including portions of Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties. The majority of Trico’s service territory is to the west of Tucson and spans approximately 66 miles east to west and 80 miles north to south, extending to the border with Mexico. Overall, Trico’s service area encompasses 2,346 square miles.

AT TRICO WE ARE POWERED WITH PURPOSE

This is the promise we make to our members and community every day. That we can do more together than we can by ourselves.

As a non-profit cooperative our purpose is to serve our Members, who rely on us to provide safe and reliable power. Our duty is to the communities we serve, and we remain committed to this purpose by working together with our Members.

Trico believes in teamwork and communication, and we believe that a diverse team drives innovation and helps us to improve. We are at an important stage in our growth and development, as changes in the industry, advances in technology, and changes in our Members’ needs shape the work we do today and in the future.

Trico also serves our communities through the Trico Foundation and Trico Electric Charitable Trust.

YEAR ESTABLISHED

1945

NUMBER OF METERS

57,000

MILES OF ENERGIZED LINE

4,115

NUMBER OF MEMBERS

49,000+

OUR MISSION

Dedicated to making a difference in the communities we serve by providing our Members cost-effective and sustainable energy solutions. 


SERVICE

Serving our Members and communities is the focus of all we do.


DEPENDABILITY

Honoring our responsibilities through leadership, reliability, and accountability.


INNOVATION

Adapting to meet challenges and provide solutions; continuously improving.


INTEGRITY

Striving each day to be a model of integrity.

OUR HISTORY

Area farmers and ranchers organized Trico in 1945 under the Rural Electrification Act that was enacted to bring electricity to the rural areas of the United States. Three years later, Trico’s first electrical lines were energized. A Certificate of Convenience and Necessity issued by the Arizona Corporation Commission in 1966 provides Trico the exclusive right to provide electric distribution service in its territory. Between 1987 and the present, additional Certificates were issued for the SaddleBrooke and Oracle Junction areas, adding 32 square miles to the northern part of Trico’s service area.

WHERE WE SERVE

We proudly serve more than 49,000 Members in the communities surrounding the City of Tucson including the Tri-County area of Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties.

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7 COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES

VOLUNTARY & OPEN MEMBERSHIP

Cooperatives are voluntary organizations open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination.

DEMOCRATIC MEMBER CONTROL

Cooperatives are democratic organizations controlled by their members, who actively participate in setting policies and making decisions. The elected representatives are accountable to the membership.

MEMBERS’ ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION

Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control the capital of the cooperative. At least part of that capital is usually the common property of the cooperative.

AUTONOMY & INDEPENDENCE

Cooperatives are autonomous, self-help organizations controlled by their members. If they enter into agreements with other organizations, they do so on terms that ensure democratic control by their members.

EDUCATION, TRAINING & INFORMATION

Cooperatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers and employees so that they can contribute effectively to the development of their cooperatives.

COOPERATION AMONG COOPERATIVES

Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative movement by working together through local, national, regional and international structures.

CONCERN FOR COMMUNITY

While focusing on member needs, cooperatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies accepted by their members.

WHAT IS TOUCHSTONE ENERGY?

Touchstone Energy Cooperatives connects the people of electric cooperatives to benefit members and their communities. Touchstone is different from traditional power companies – it represents a nationwide alliance of member-owned electric co-ops, including Trico. Collectively, it delivers power and energy solutions to more than 700 local electric cooperatives across 46 states.