Pros
The company encourages education. The company has a long standing tradition of "keeping the lights on!" culture. The company is intertwined in the local community. And, the company compensates its employees well.
Cons
The company lacks "leaders" and genuine leadership therefore there are few opportunities to apply education gained. The company over emphasizes the need to manage and does not promote enough "leadership" attributes, therefore a culture of "we've always done it this way" seemingly plays like groundhogs day. The company is entrenched in the local community.. politics, community affairs, etc., however these are self serving to those in Exec. Management and do little to bridge social ties with those the company provides electric service to. Finally, the company promotes based off nepotism therefore it stands the reason that over 127 years the company has cultivated a culture of high pay for employees as it has claimed for decades to be a "family like business".