Butler Rural Electric Cooperative offers a generator program for members to purchase a KOHLER® standby generator through the cooperative. The cooperative’s board of trustees has budgeted to offer low-interest loans to help members finance such a major investment. You can also purchase a KOHLER standby generator from the cooperative without receiving a loan if you choose.


For those who don’t have a need for a whole-home generator, or for those who don’t want to make that level of investment, we also offer the ability to purchase a behind-the-meter transfer switch called a Trifecta from Global Power Products. A Trifecta is a meter base mounted transfer switch with a cord to use with a portable generator to power parts of your home, like your sump pump and refrigerator. The cooperative provides free installation for these switches.


This program does not indicate Ohio’s electric cooperatives have insufficient power generation or reliability issues. The program gives members the opportunity to prepare for outages the co-op has little control over.