Editing Utility cooperative (section)

==== Peer associations ====
Small cooperatives often band together to achieve [[economies of scale]], share expertise and stand together on regulatory issues.  There are several statewide (and in Canada, province-wide) associations of cooperatives, including Kentucky<ref name="kentucky"/> and Nova Scotia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://energy.novascotia.ca/|title=Department of Energy and Mines {{!}}|website=energy.novascotia.ca|access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ns1758.ca/electric/electricpwr10.html |title = NS News and Trends - Professional Online Magazine News And Trends| date=8 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.town.berwick.ns.ca/component/option,com_docman/Itemid,362/gid,560/task,doc_download/+Nova+Scotia+municipal+electric+utilities+corporation |title = Berwick 'Three - Stars' 1933 - 1936 Western Nova Scotia Junior Hockey Champions - Town of Berwick}}</ref> A cooperative of cooperatives, in which several smaller level cooperatives come together to form a bigger higher level cooperative, is called the secondary cooperative. Secondary cooperative is different from the association. Cooperative of secondary cooperative is called tertiary cooperatives. For example, each village may have a village level cooperative. Several village cooperatives may form a district level secondary cooperative in which village level cooperatives have a share. Several district level cooperatives may form a state level tertiary cooperative, and so on.