The Tri-County Generation and Transmission Association is a nonprofit cooperative organization that pro vides electrical service to rural customers. Based on a faulty long-range demand
- How much will Tri-County need to charge its customers per MWh to break even next year?
- The Tri-County customers balk at that price and conserve electrical energy. Only 95 percent of fore casted demand materializes. What is the resulting surplus or loss for this nonprofit organization?
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