When Was the Rural Electrification Administration Created?
May 20, 2016 Is the 80Th Anniversary of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. the Rea Was Created to Bring Electricity to Farms. in 1936, Nearly 90 Percent of...
May 20, 2016 is the 80th anniversary of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. The REA was created to bring electricity to farms. In 1936, nearly 90 percent of farms lacked electric power because the costs to get electricity to rural areas were prohibitive.
When did rural electrification begin?
On May 20, 1936, Congress passed the Rural Electrification Act which was one of the most important pieces of legislation passed as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
When did the Rural Electrification Administration start and end?
The REA was terminated on October 13, 1994, with the passage of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. Its functions were absorbed into the newly-created Rural Utilities Service [9].
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