• PO BOX 524 Fayette, MO 65248

    • Fayette Chamber of Commerce
    Howard Electric Cooperative

    Howard Electric Cooperative

    205 Highway 5 & 240 N., Fayette, MO 65248
    Fayette, MO 65248
    660-248-3311
    www.howarelectric.com

    Mon
    8:00am–4:30pm
    Tue
    8:00am–4:30pm
    Wed
    8:00am–4:30pm
    Thu
    8:00am–4:30pm
    Fri
    8:00am–4:30pm

    Howard Electric Cooperative strives to provide reliable electric service to our members in Howard County, southern Randolph County, and portions of southeastern Chariton County, and northern Boone County.

    Howard, Randolph, Chariton and Boone counties

    History

    Founded in 1936

    Farmers and rural residents organized the first rural electric cooperatives in the 1930s as a means to receive electric power. In those days, private power companies found providing electricity to such sparsely populated areas just too expensive. With the help of the Rural Electrification Act, signed by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936, cooperative leaders borrowed funds from the Rural Electrification Administration to finance the construction of power lines and the purchase of electric power for rural people.

    Howard Electric Cooperative was incorporated in 1936 to serve member-consumers in Howard County. Today Howard Electric also serves consumers in southeastern Chariton County, southern Randolph County and northwestern Boone County. Howard Electric is one of 41 distribution cooperatives in Missouri.