On Friday May 2nd, 2025, Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative will host the 86th Annual Meeting of Membership. It will be held at the West Plains Civic Center beginning with registration at 4:30 pm. This will be an in-person event and will have entertainment, informational displays, food (hamburgers and hotdogs) and prizes as well as the Kids’ Zone featuring inflatables and balloon animals. Live musical entertainment will begin at 5:30 pm, featuring Molly Clair and Company. The business meeting will begin at 7:00pm. The HOEC office will close at 1:00pm that day.
Members can visit informational booths including Associated Electric Cooperative and view the Virtual Reality Lineman Experience beginning at 4:30 pm. Vendor booths including Wisper Internet provider, Ozarks Healthcare and Ozark Action with the House Doctor information. HOEC will have energy efficiency information available at the Member Services booth also.
If you cannot attend the live event, you can view the live stream of the meeting on the cooperative’s website and facebook page or you can listen to the live broadcast of the meeting on K-Kountry 95 (95.1) or KSPQ 93.9 The Mountain of Rock.
The difference between HOEC, as a cooperative, and an investor-owned utility, is HOEC works for members rather than stockholders. As an electric cooperative, the sole mission is to deliver cost-efficient, reliable power to members.
This local input means those closest to the community know its needs and priorities and help direct where co-op’s dollars are spent. Every year, HOEC invests funds to make updates to the local systems, which helps maintain reliability and grid resilience. By making these investments in the local system, the co-op can ensure you have reliable power for everyday life. As a co-op, our business model is meant to serve the members and the communities.
HOEC’s mission is to be a leader in delivering cost efficient, reliable energy with value-added service, and means we’re motivated by service to our communities. The co-op is now in the 86th year and the focus hasn’t changed since the beginning in 1939. HOEC is fortunate to serve members in parts of six counties in this beautiful area. Thank you for allowing HOEC to serve each of you in Howell, Oregon, Douglas, Ozark, Shannon and Texas counties.
We hope you’ll exercise the benefits of your co-op membership and join us for the 86th Annual Meeting on Friday, May 2, 2025. We look forward to seeing you!
