The 86th Annual Meeting of Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative will be held at the West Plains Civic Center on Friday May 2nd, 2025, at 7:00pm. To allow our team time to prepare, the HOEC business office will close at 1:00pm that day.

After the strong line of storms and wind moved through the area yesterday, a beautiful rainbow shone bright. Here are a couple of pictures, one from our linemen who were working this weekend and another from a friend who shared the whole rainbow with us! Just a reminder of the beauty of the Ozarks and our world, even after the destruction.

We still have 65 members remaining without power from yesterday's storms, mostly in Willow Springs with a few in Dora and Vanzant. Dispatch is aware of the outages and crews are working to restore power. Thank you for your patience, and be sure to stay away from downed power lines.

With the storms moving out of our area and linemen working to resolve outages, we are now down to 308 members without power in the Alton, Willow Springs, Dora and Vanzant areas. Dispatch is aware of the outages and crews have been dispatched. Thank you for your patience, and be sure to stay away from downed power lines.