Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7324 (2026)

 Qualifications of members.

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§ 7324.  Qualifications of members.

All persons in rural areas proposed to be served by an electric cooperative corporation, who are not receiving central station service, shall be eligible for membership in the corporation. No person other than the incorporators shall be, become or remain a member of the corporation unless the person uses or agrees to use electric energy or, as the case may be, the facilities, supplies, equipment and services furnished by the corporation. A corporation existing under this chapter may become a member of another such corporation and may avail itself fully of the facilities and services thereof.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1994–2009 · leading case: Condemnation by Valley Rural Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Shanholtzer, 982 A.2d 566 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009).
Condemnation by Valley Rural Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Shanholtzer, 982 A.2d 566 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2009). · cites it 2× “§ 7324, sets forth who may be members of an electric cooperative corporation: All persons in rural areas proposed to be served by an electric cooperative corporation, who are not receiving central station service, shall be eligible for membership in the corporation.”
Somerset Rural Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 641 A.2d 1249 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1994). “” 15 Pa.C.S. § 7324. 2 Penelec asserted that *1251 because all of Jennerstown, including the Speedway, had been receiving "central station service” from it, neither were eligible for membership in Somerset and that therefore, Somerset could not lawfully serve Speedway.”
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