Like public utilities, municipalities and other political subdivisions that provide electricity to customers must procure wholesale power. A recent IRS ruling discusses municipalities’ use of a generation cooperative to procure wholesale power and related services. The ruling explains that the generation cooperative qualified for exception under Section 501(c)(12) but concludes that income generated by the cooperative is exempt under Section 115(1).
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