Missouri has a well-defined and well-run system of electric cooperatives that generate, transmit and distribute electric service to the rural residents of the state.

1. Our power is generated by Associated Electric Cooperative Inc., based in Springfield, Mo. Associated generates power to serve 51 distribution cooperatives in Missouri, southern Iowa and northeast Oklahoma.
2. That power is transmitted throughout Missouri by six transmission cooperatives. Our regional transmission cooperatives are KAMO Power Electric Cooperative located in Vinita, Ok. and  Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative located in Marshfield, Mo., which owns and maintains the substations that serve our system.
3. The electricity is delivered directly to the members of Missouri by forty distribution cooperatives. Southwest Electric is a distribution cooperative.