How Your Cooperative Works

What is a Cooperative?

An electric cooperative is an organization formed by a group of people for the purpose of providing electric service in an area which, for many reasons, did not attract an investor owned utility......

What gives you the power?

How does Callaway Electric Cooperative receive power to meet the electric demands of its member-owners?  Callaway Electric is one of 41 rural electric distribution cooperatives in Missouri.  We purchase electricity from Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI), a generation cooperative which is headquartered in Springfield, Missouri.  AECI then transfers the electricity to six transmission cooperatives including Central Electric Power Cooperative, located in Jefferson City, Missouri.  Central Electric Power Cooperative then brings the electricity to the substations, which feed the lines of Callaway Electric, so it can be distributed to you – the member-owners!

What are the advantages of being a member?

Callaway Electric Cooperative is equally owned by its members, and being a member of Callaway Electric Cooperative has many benefits!  One of which is that you have a say in how your Cooperative operates!  You can exercise your rights as a member-owner at CEC’s Annual Membership Meeting held each year in February.  Your participation and input at the annual meeting is vital to the continued success of your cooperative.  It’s an important way to ensure that CEC will continue to not only meet your expectations, but exceed them in every way possible!