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Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative, Inc. was formed in 1939. The organizational meeting was held at the Oregon County Court House in Alton, Missouri on August 15th of that year. It was formed under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. There were seventeen men at this meeting who signed as the Incorporators. Nine of the original Incorporators were named to the Board of Directors. One of these, Joe R. Hinds, was later named the first Manager. old bldg

Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative is a member owned entity, therefore the members control the cooperative not the Missouri Public Service Commission. With this type of local control the board of directors that are elected by the members can make decisions that are in the best interest of the members and not someone in another part of the state. Howell-Oregon does observe many of the Public Service policies such as cold weather disconnects, call before you dig and other important issues. old member service

Howell-Oregon Electric is one of 39 cooperatives in Missouri. These 39 cooperatives own 6 Generation and Transmission Cooperatives (G&T's). Sho-Me Power Corporation is headquartered in Marshfield, Missouri and is Howell-Oregon's G&T. Howell-Oregon along with 8 other Rural Electric Cooperatives are member/owners of Sho-Me. Sho-Me owns the transmission lines and sub-stations from which Howell-Oregon receives its power.

Associated Electric, with headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, was formed in 1962 to generate and coordinate the power supply of Missouri's distribution cooperatives like Howell-Oregon. Associated Electric generates about 94% of our electricity from two coal fired plants, Thomas Hill and New Madrid. There are three generating units at Thomas Hill near Moberly, Missouri, with a combined capacity of 1150 megawatts. The New Madrid plant has two generating units with a combined capacity of 1200 megawatts. Associated is now constructing and will soon have in operation the St. Francis plant which will be a gas fired turbine generator. oldlinecrew

The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives (AMEC) located in Jefferson City, the state capital of Missouri, is the statewide trade association of the Missouri distribution rural electric systems. Throughout the years the statewide organization has provided continuing assistance to member systems with their annual meetings, job training and safety programs, joint purchasing, legislative research, public relations service and publication of the monthly RURAL MISSOURI.

The national organization of the rural electric systems is The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). The NRECA is located in Arlington, Virginia.

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