When Associated Electric Cooperative generates electricity, producing affordable power is a top priority for the Springfield, Missouri-based cooperative. Their mission — to provide a reliable, economical power supply — has remained constant throughout its 59-year history of providing service to local distribution cooperative member-consumers.

Associated is owned by and provides wholesale power to six regional and 51 local electric distribution cooperative systems in Missouri, southeast Iowa and northeast Oklahoma that serve 2.1 million member-consumers.

For most things in life, balance is healthy. The same is true of the power generation mix that delivers electricity to your home, farm or business. Balance is a key part of the reliability Associated Electric Cooperative, the power generation and transmission cooperative for Missouri’s, southeast Iowa’s and northeast Oklahoma’s electric cooperatives, works toward every day.

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