<Li> Reported by the joint conference committee on April 13, 1936; agreed to by the House on May 14, 1936 (Agreed) and by the Senate on May 15, 1936 (Agreed) </Li> <Li> Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 20, 1936 </Li> <P> The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, enacted on May 20, 1936, provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States . </P> <P> The funding was channeled through cooperative electric power companies, most of which still exist today . These member - owned cooperatives purchased power on a wholesale basis and distributed it using their own network of transmission and distribution lines . The Rural Electrification Act was also an attempt made by FDR's New Deal to deal with high unemployment . </P>

Who did the rural electrification administration provide electricity to