Who We Are

Lighting the Oklahoma Panhandle Since 1945

Tri-County Electric Cooperative, is dedicated to providing members with safe and reliable electric service at the lowest practical price. Headquartered in Hooker, Okla., Tri-County Electric is a not-for-profit distribution cooperative owned and controlled by its members. The utility serves approximately 23,000 households and businesses in the Oklahoma Panhandle, southwestern Kansas, the northern border of the Texas Panhandle and parts of Colorado and New Mexico. Our dedicated staff oversees more than 4,800 miles of transmission and distribution lines. As a cooperative, we are proud to be owned and controlled by those we serve, and we are committed to enhancing the quality of life for all of our member-owners. Tri-County Electric is a Touchstone Energy cooperative. Learn more about what it means to be a member of your local electric cooperative on the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)Web site.

Cooperative Vision

Tri-County Electric Cooperative is a member-owned business committed to delivering safe, reliable electric service at the lowest price allowed by good management practices.

Cooperative Mission

We strive to be a competitive cooperative that creates superior value for our members through the dedicated contribution of our Board of Trustees and Employees and the expansion of the cooperative business model. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for our members and the communities we serve.

Cooperative Values

1. Voluntary and Open Membership
2. Democratic Member Control
3. Members’ Economic Participation
4. Autonomy and Independence
5. Education, Training, and Information
6. Cooperation among Cooperatives
7. Concern for Community

Our values are based on the Seven Cooperative Principles, adopted by the International Cooperative Alliance in 1995. The International Cooperative Alliance is a global membership association of co-ops and co-op support organizations. Cooperatives trace the roots of these principles to the first modern cooperative founded in Rochdale, England in 1844.

Towns in the Tri-County Electric territory include:

• Balko
• Beaver
• Boise City
• Elkhart, Kansas
• Felt
• Forgan
• Goodwell
• Guymon
• Hardesty
• Hooker
• Keyes
• Texhoma
• Turpin