We are not on a ship - we are on a life raft and we have to find and choose a ship to board, with some help from the federal government.
This is the least likely to be overpowered by the feds ship and we need to consider it, get involved, and make it the way we want it to be.
But your point is a good one, and that is exactly what we need to demand, that they fund them at the state level and then walk away.
A co-op by nature is self-governed.
I belong to an rural electrical co-op so I know how they function. I’m happy with my co-op and the quality of its service. I don’t believe the Obama administration has any intent or willingness to create an independent entity. Wall Street found out too late about the strings. So did the banks. And, then there’s GM. This is a pattern, a way of recreating country.