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Firelands Service Territory
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Firelands Electric Cooperative service area has more than 980 miles of distribution lines that bring safe and dependable electric power to more than 9,000 consumers in rural areas of Ashland, Huron, Lorain and Richland counties.
In the early 1930’s, prior to the establishment of electric cooperatives such as Firelands Electric Cooperative, rural America was almost in total darkness. Nearly 90 percent of our nation’s rural areas were without electricity.
In 1936, Congress acted to remove rural areas from the “Dark Ages” by creating the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), formerly the Rural Electrification Administration (REA). Initially, low-interest REA loans were made available to commercial power companies for the purpose of electrifying rural areas.
Electric service territories are established by the State of Ohio and are not always easy to understand or locate. When you look at the service area map shown, you can see why! Firelands' is comprised of nine district areas served by an elected Board of Trustees who govern the operations of the cooperative.
District 1 - |
Richmond, Norwich, and Greenfield Townships. |
District 2 - |
New Haven, Ripley, Greenwich, Ruggles, Cass, and Blooming Grove Townships. |
District 3 - |
Peru, Bronson, Fairfield, and Hartland Townships, and Fitchville Township west of State Route 250. |
District 4 - |
Clarksfield, Rochester Townships, Fitchville Township east of State Route 250, and north of Conrail in New London municipality and New London Township. |
District 5 - |
Monroe, Green, and Lake Townships. |
District 6 - |
Butler, Clear Creek, Orange, Weller, Milton, Mifflin, and Madison Townships north of State Route 42. |
District 7 - |
Vermilion, Mohican, Montgomery, and Perry Townships. |
District 8 - |
Mifflin Township south of State Route 42 in Ashland and Richland Counties. |
District 9 - |
South of Conrail in New London municipality and New London Township. |
The Public Utilities Commission (PUCO) has a variety of geographic information, including graphical maps, interactive maps, look-up tables and data available on their web site - www.puco.ohio.gov. Please read the PUCO disclaimer before using this information.
Click here for a printable map* of Firelands' service territory. Click here to view interactive electric utility maps provided by the PUCO.
Here are some helpful links to several Ohio electric distribution maps available from the PUCO: Ashland County*, Huron County*, Lorain County*, and Richland County*
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