The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
A Question of Power: Race and Democracy in Rural Electric Co-ops By Henry Leifermann with Pat Wehner Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 3-15 Throughout rural America, few institutions are as powerful, economically significant, and effectively unregulated as electric and
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Massive Electrical Resistance: The Struggle for Democracy at Mecklenburg Co-op By Henry Leifermann and Preston Quesenberry Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 16-17 For well over a decade, Cora Tucker, a civil rights activist and founder of the grassroots organization
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A Different Type of Development Henry Liefermann and Preston Quesenberry –H.L. AND P.Q. Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 19-21 It took a coalition of whites and blacks to win the only election victory at a local utility co-op during
Private Interest Law: The Case Against Delta EPA Preston Quesenberry Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 22-23 Challenging an institution as tricky to define in legal terms as a rural electric cooperative can prove a difficult task. An unsuccessful lawsuit
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Deregulation: “Wheeling” Over Rural Customers Preston Quesenberry Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 24-26 The proposed deregulation of electric utilities is emerging as yet another obstacle to rural electric cooperatives becoming a progressive force in their communities. Currently, electric co-ops
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Undemocratic at Heart: Transforming the South’s Utility Coops Steve Suitts Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 27-29 The enduring, pivotal significance of the utility co-op movement is demonstrated by the simple, historical fact that never has there been another economic
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