About Us
ABOUT US
NMREC is a Statewide Not-for-Profit Service Organization
The mission of the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives
is to strengthen, support, unify, and represent Cooperative member
interests at the local, state, and national levels.
is to strengthen, support, unify, and represent Cooperative member
interests at the local, state, and national levels.
Organized in 1944 and headquartered in Santa Fe, the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives (NMREC) represents the interest of the state's electric cooperatives who are members of NMREC and their members through actively working to protect cooperative interests before regulatory, political and governmental bodies as well as the general public; administering the New Mexico Rural Electric Self-Insurer’s Fund, a workers’ compensation fund owned by New Mexico’s rural electric cooperatives who are members of NMREC; and coordinating specialized training for its members.
The New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives assists in arranging training programs for directors, managers and employees with outside agencies and consultants. NMREC provides advocacy and general communications through directories, websites, apps, the annual Legislative Almanac, and its monthly magazine, enchantment, which give New Mexico’s electric cooperatives, who are members of NMREC, a united forum
to communicate with their members.
to communicate with their members.
Who Do We Serve?
Over 434,700 New Mexicans receive their power from electric cooperatives. They control the cooperative's bylaws, vote on any significant changes in operations and elect trustees to direct their cooperatives activities. Their cooperatives serve 80 percent of the land mass in New Mexico, from Chama in the north to the oil fields of the Permian Basin in the southeast; from the northeastern grasslands to the Bootheel desert.
There are 19 electric distribution cooperatives in New Mexico, 15 of which are members of the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives. 11 of the 15 member distribution cooperatives receive wholesale power from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association headquartered in Westminster, Colorado. Four are members of Western Farmers Electric Cooperative headquartered in Anadarko, Oklahoma; and one distribution cooperative receives power from an independent wholesale power supplier.
There are also three electric distribution cooperatives that are associate members of the
New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives. They are Duncan Valley Electric, Duncan, Arizona; Navopache Electric, Lakeside, Arizona; and Rio Grande Electric, Brackettville, Texas.
New Mexico’s Rural Electric Cooperatives protect the interests of their members
through their statewide association headquartered in Santa Fe. To see a complete list,
click here.
The New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives represents its members before state and federal legislatures, analyzes proposed legislation for its potential effect on electric cooperatives and, when directed by the membership, pursues legislative initiatives on behalf of cooperatives.
The statewide publishes the enchantment Magazine which is circulated to members whose electric distribution cooperatives are members of the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives. The goal of the publication is to provide useful and reliable information about energy efficiency, renewables, and rural electric cooperation. It also tells the story of the people and places that make New Mexico special. Over 113,000 cooperative members, community leaders, and subscribers receive the enchantment
directly to their doors on a monthly basis. Visit the enchantment website at www.enchantment.coop
INVESTED
The New Mexico distribution cooperatives who are members of the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives have invested over $1.2 billion to provide reliable electric service to their members. They employ more than 1,100 New Mexicans as lineworkers, customer service representatives, engineers, warehouse operators, and other positions.
RENEWABLES
New Mexico electric cooperatives are well on their way to meeting Renewable Portfolio Standard compliance of 40% in 2025 and 50% in 2030. We are going to meet these requirements in a reliable and affordable manner.
INVOLVEMENT
The cooperatives strongly support their communities. They collectively operate
one of the largest
non- governmental scholarship programs in New Mexico. For example, the electric co-ops have provided over $15 million in higher educational scholarships to more than 10,000 New Mexico students over the past 33 years. They sponsor youth programs such as the
Government-in-Action Youth Tour and and promote electrical safety in schools, including the annual Safety Poster Coloring Contest.
one of the largest
non- governmental scholarship programs in New Mexico. For example, the electric co-ops have provided over $15 million in higher educational scholarships to more than 10,000 New Mexico students over the past 33 years. They sponsor youth programs such as the
Government-in-Action Youth Tour and and promote electrical safety in schools, including the annual Safety Poster Coloring Contest.
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