MECA

MECA represents 400,000+ Montanans served by electric cooperative utilities. Electric co-ops are not-for-profit utilities owned by the members they serve.

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Energy reliability is critical for ensuring co-op communities can continue to grow and expand. Policymakers must approach national energy policy with affordability and reliability at the core.

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Powering the future! 🔌 Learn how electric co-ops prioritize member concerns to ensure safe, reliable and affordable electricity for all. ⚡ #Voices4Coops

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The honor guard of Montana Youth Challenge opens the 84th Annual Meeting of Vigilante Electric Cooperative in Dillon this morning.

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MECA CEO Gary Wiens enjoyed getting to meet today with the board at Sun River Electric Cooperative in Fairfield. This was the 23rd co-op board he’s met with since late June of last year. Only 2 co-op boards left.

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CEO Gary Wiens is attending the Mid-West Electric Consumers Association annual meeting this week in Denver. Yesterday, the new administrator of WAPA, Tracey LaBeau, spoke, sharing her vision for overseeing this important federal power agency.

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MECA CEO Gary Wiens on the road this morning to meet with the board of NorVal Electric Cooperative. This is the 22nd MECA member co-op board CEO Wiens will have visited this year. Only three left to go!

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READY TO TEE OFF -MECA’s 2021 team at the Governor’s Cup Golf Tournament in the Flathead Valley just moments before starting play this morning. Left to right, Rollie Miller, Joe Smith, Kyle Kearns and Derek Sorley.

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MECA CEO Gary Wiens on his travels to visit co-ops in eastern Montana stopped in today at the O’Fallon Historical Museum. Among the exhibits: The world’s largest steer! Height 5’11”. Length 10’4”. Was shown at over 60 state fairs.

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MECA CEO Gary Wiens enjoyed meeting today with the Ravalli Electric Cooperative Board and Manager. CEO Wiens provided an update on MECA goals and staff work as well as hear challenges facing the co-op and ways MECA can better serve our amazing member cooperatives!

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Southeast Electric Cooperative celebrated 75 years yesterday. Manager Jack Hamblin and family entertained with beautiful folk music, Board Trustee Dave Hayden provided his amazing horses for wagon rides, steaks served, kids’ activities and much more!

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Southeast Electric Cooperative celebrated 75 years yesterday. Manager Jack Hamblin and family entertained with beautiful folk music, Board Trustee Dave Hayden provided his amazing horses for wagon rides, steaks served, kids’ activities and much more!

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MECA CEO Gary Wiens joined hundreds of community members yesterday evening in celebrating Southeast Electric Cooperative’s 75th anniversary.

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Michael Freeman, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s natural resources policy advisor, speaking today at the Montana Electric Co-ops’ Association Managers’ Group Summer Meeting in Helena.

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National Rural Electric Cooperative Association President Chris Christensen, a director at NorVal Electric in Glasgow,speaks at McCone Electric’s annual meeting today in Circle.

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Electricity remains a good value, especially in Montana, where consumers pay nearly two cents less per kilowatt-hour than the national average.

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How fitting that yesterday, a day before Election Day, MECA was recognized as a 5-Star supporter of Co-ops Vote. We proudly support this nonpartisan initiative to encourage co-op members to vote, and to help them be informed voters.

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Still need to register to vote, or just want to know what issues matter to your electric cooperative? Visit Co-ops Vote for all of the information you need to be an educated voter ahead of tomorrow's election?

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DeeDee Isaacs, president of the Tongue River Electric Cooperative board, conducts the co-op’s outdoor annual meeting Saturday in Broadus. MECA CEO Gary Wiens enjoyed attending the meeting.

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MECA CEO Gary Wiens enjoyed attending Southeast Electric Cooperative’s special meeting last night in Ekalaka. Here, Board President Karen Kreitel conducts the meeting. Replete with a wonderful sloppy joe dinner, members re-elected trustees and amended bylaws.