Welcome to Richland Electric Cooperative!
If you are new to Richland Electric Cooperative, we would like to say, "Welcome" and we look forward to working with you to meet your needs. If you are already a member of the cooperative, we extend our thanks for your continued membership and we stand ready to assist you with your project.
We are organized as a cooperative and as such we are not just an ordinary business. We are a business owned by our member-consumers. We provide service to over 3,500 members in and around Richland County, Wisconsin. In order to receive electric service from REC you must be a member of the cooperative. You also have a voice in how our cooperative is operated. You are represented by a Board of Directors that are members of the cooperative. Each year you have the opportunity to vote for your choice of director or, if you desire, run for the position yourself. Director elections are held each year at our Annual Meeting held in March. There are nine directors on the REC Board and three are up for election each year.
Shannon Clark chosen as new NRTC director
Richland Electric Cooperative CEO & General Manager Shannon Clark was elected District V director of the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) at its annual meeting in Atlanta. NRTC is the only member-owned organization dedicated to serving the advanced telecommunications needs of rural electric and telephone utilities. Clark will represent NRTC's electric cooperatives in the states of Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. The members of this board are at the forefront of their industries and seek to forward NRTC's mission to serve rural America's technology needs.
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Annual Meeting
The 74th Annual Meeting of the Richland Electric Cooperative (REC) was held on Thursday, March 25, 2010. Retiring director Ed Ehorn was honored for his service of 38 years on the Board of Directors. Elections were held for the Board of Directors, reports were presented, and the featured speaker was Bill Oemichen, President and CEO of Cooperative Network. Please link to the Annual Meeting page for a recap of the meeting. You may view the 2009 Annual Report. 
CFL Food Drive A Success!
Concern for Community is one of the seven cooperative principles that Richland Electric Cooperative practices year-round. Once again, that principle was evident as Richland Electric Cooperative members generously donated over 125 pounds of food to the local Richland County food pantry in April.
The CFL food drive also helped promote the benefit of switching from a standard incandescent light bulb to an energy efficient Compact Fluorescent Light bulb. Each member who donated a food item was given a free CFL bulb, which helped that member reduce their energy cost.
At this time, we are planning on doing this again during our Member Appreciation Picnic this fall. A big thank you goes out to all members for your donations.
DPC Load Control Status
Follow these links for up-to-date Dairyland Power Cooperative load management activities. This information is changed periodically each day.
Co-ops and Congress: Together We Can Keep Electricity Affordable
America has an energy crisis too big to ignore. Experts warn that unless we make more electricity available soon, some regions of the country may face power shortages within the next two years. And because of a number of economic and political factors, electric costs have climbed 40 percent since 2002 and are projected to go even higher. We need an answer right now to keep electric bills affordable.
Here is the complete Our Energy, Our Future article.
