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National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation company history timeline

1969

In January 1969, four years after formally endorsing exploring private-sector financing, the NRECA Board of Directors moved forward with making the promise of a member-owned financing cooperative a reality.

On April 10, 1969, CFC was incorporated in the District of Columbia.

1976

Petersen kicked off his electric cooperative career in 1976 at Nishnabotna Valley Rural Electric Cooperative in Harlan, Iowa, as a staff assistant.

1986

To reduce operational costs and improve staff access, land for a new 141,503-sq.-ft. headquarters in the Woodland Park corporate office center in Herndon, Virginia, was purchased in February 1986.

1987

As a result, the Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative (RTFC) was incorporated on September 8, 1987, in South Dakota.

1990

Under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund, which used money borrowers paid back on their loans to make new ones, was marked for termination.

1993

CFC’s support would continue until 1993, when NRTC became totally self-sufficient.

2000

Established on July 1, 2000, from a consolidation of Central Area Data Processing and North Central Data Cooperative.

2002

Since 2002, CFC has helped 29 distribution cooperatives in 11 states add 358,635 new consumers to their ranks through 15 unique purchases of neighboring municipal electric systems or investor-owned utility (IOU) territories.

2009

In May 2009, CFC adopts a new capital credits retirement policy, providing for a 50 percent immediate retirement of the previous fiscal year’s allocation and retaining the other 50 percent allocation for 25 years.

2017

CFC has been a proud supporter of these overseas electrification efforts for decades and in 2017 began providing grants to electric cooperative statewide organizations that sponsor international projects.

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Founded
1969
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Headquarters
Dulles Town Center, VA
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Founders
Mark A. Suggs
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