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Southwest Iowa REC - Story in the Making

In the early 1930's, prior to the establishment of electric cooperatives such as Southwest Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative, rural America was almost in total darkness. Nearly 90% of our nation's rural areas were without electricity. 

Click on the video to the right to watch the electric cooperative story.

On May 11, 1935, Congress acted to remove rural areas from the "Dark Ages" by creating the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), now known as the Rural Utilities Service (RUS). At first, low interest REA loans were made available to commercial power companies for the purpose of electrifying rural areas. However, these utilities didn't see much need in participating in the program. So, seeing the need, REA turned to providing financing for member-owners who wanted electricity but were being bypassed. Locally owned, not-for-profit cooperatives were born.

Southwest Iowa REC is a private non-profit electric utility owned by the members it serves and was established to provide reliable and affordable electric service to the rural areas of southwest Iowa.  The counties served include Adair, Adams, Cass, Decatur, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, and Union.

Effective January 1, 2004 the cooperatives of Southwest Iowa Services Cooperative and Rideta Electric Cooperative Inc. merged to form Southwest Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative. Rideta Electric, Inc., headquartered in Mount Ayr, Iowa was originally incorporated on September 20th, 1940.  Southwest Iowa Service Cooperative was established on January 1, 1998 through the consolidation of Adams County Cooperative Electric Company located in Corning, Iowa (incorporated in 1936) and Nyman Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Stanton, Iowa (incorporated in 1940).  This consolidation brought together a quality organization that provides electric service to its member-owners.  Today, Southwest Iowa REC meets the needs of their member-owners from three facilities located in Corning, Stanton and Mount Ayr. 

 

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Southwest Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative

1801 Grove Avenue

PO Box 367

Corning, IA 50841

Tel: (888)-220-4869

Fax: 641-322-5274

 

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Provide safe, reliable electric service and promote community and economic development utilizing cooperative principles and values.

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Organization
      • Board of Directors
      • Employees
      • Management
    • Cooperative Principles
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Financials
    • Governing Documents
    • Contact Us
    • Our History
    • Power Supply
    • Service Territory Map
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • My Account
    • Manage My Account
      • Forms
    • Medical Alert
    • Outages
    • Rates
      • Line Upgrades & Cost Allocation
    • Service Requests & Fees
      • Complaints
    • Understanding Your Bill
      • High Bill Resources
      • Energy Adjustment Charge
    • Your Meter
  • Member Services
    • Co-op Connections Card
    • Distributed Generation
    • Energy Saving Resources
      • Brochures
      • Energy Audits
      • Energy Guides
      • Energy Saving Tips
      • Ground Source Heat Pumps
      • While You're Away
    • Patronage
    • Rebates
    • Together We Save
    • Water Heaters
  • My Community
    • Character Counts
    • Economic Development
      • Iowa Area Development Group
      • Loans
      • Properties and Sites
    • Helpful Web Links
    • Operation Round Up
    • RECare
    • Scholarships
    • Southwest Iowa Solar Farm
    • Touchstone Energy Cooperatives
    • Youth Tour
  • Safety
    • Electrical Safety
      • Grain Bin Clearances
      • Right of Way Guidelines
      • Safe Electricity
      • Stray Voltage
    • Iowa One Call
    • Outage Restoration
    • Security Lights
    • Storm Center
  • Communications
    • Annual Meeting
    • Newsletters
    • Questline
  • Legislative
    • Cooperative Action Network
    • Legislative Contacts
    • Legislative Update
    • Member Advocacy