type cooperative industry electric utility founded 1938 headquarters denton maryland usa products electricity number of employees 160 website http www.choptankelectric.coop choptank electric cooperative incorporated is a not for profit energy organization formed on september 21 1938 . its first electric distribution lines were energized in december 1939 in caroline county maryland . the cooperative was instrumental in the effort to provide electric power to the rural areas of maryland s eastern shore . 1 choptank electric cooperative is owned by its members who each have one vote in deciding which co op members will serve on the board of directors . they serve more than 52 000 members in caroline cecil dorchester kent queen anne s somerset talbot wicomico and worcester counties on maryland s eastern shore . this 70 by 140 mile territory contains almost 6 200 miles of distribution lines . 2 in 2001 they were ranked the 11th largest energy company in the state of maryland . 3 choptank electric with headquarters in denton maryland is a touchstone energy cooperative and a member of old dominion electric cooperative a generation and transmission cooperative . references edit co op born of necessity 25 years ago . the salisbury times . may 10 1960 . choptank electric 2009 . choptank electric about us . retrieved 2011 03 29 . largest energy companies doing business in maryland . baltimore business journal . 2001 02 09 . this maryland related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a united states company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title choptank electric cooperative & oldid 656223592 categories companies based in marylandcompanies established in 1938denton marylandpower companies of the united statescaroline county marylandelectric cooperatives of the united statesmaryland stubsunited states energy company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 april 2015 at 04 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view