No, most coops were formed long ago and are "private" or user owned utilities. There was an act of congress back in the 1900s that stopped any more of these forming and we have the large utilities as a result. You can move into an area that has one, but you can't choose one, you are stuck with what you have. You can pick and choose who supplies the power generation in some areas, but I have little experience with this and from what I've seen, results are unclear as to whether it is worth it or not. The company that services your area still provides (and charges you for) the path that the 2nd tier generator uses to get to your house. This includes the plant level stuff, like wires, poles, meters and so on.
I'm fortunate in that I have a municipal company at my house in Mass, which is much cheaper than eversource, unitil and the other big companies, and I have NHEC up here which is pretty reasonable too.
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