Skip to main content
SmartHub Logo SmartHub Bill Pay
Lightning Bolt Icon Outages
Calculator Icon Energy Calculators
Money Icon Rebates
Home

Peak Status Meter

Your cooperative is currently experiencing normal energy demand. No special energy saving measures are necessary.
Menu
  • Summer office hours: Monday - Thursday, 6:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. >>

  • My Home
    • SmartHub
    • Ways to Pay
    • Bill Payment Assistance
    • Rates & Billing
    • Meter Installations
    • Outage Notifications
  • My Business
    • SmartHub
    • Rates & Billing
    • Economic Development
    • Peak Load Management
    • Rebates
  • My Co-op
    • Who We Are
    • New Electric Service
    • Electric Service Areas
    • Electric Rates & Fees
    • Retail Energy Choice Explained
    • Patronage Cash Back
      • Joint Memberships for Married Couples
    • Annual Meeting & Co-op Board
    • PAC Political Action Event
    • Political Action
    • National Family Month Giveaways
    • Careers
    • Monthly Publications
  • My Community
    • Community Connection Fund
    • Scholarships
    • Need a Speaker?
    • Kids Corner
    • Schools and Teachers
  • My Energy
    • Rebates
    • Energy Calculators
    • Home Energy Advisor
    • Energy Audits & Tips
    • Renewable Energy
    • Peak Alerts and Load Management
    • Load Management Switches
    • Cool Returns
    • Builders and Contractors
    • Power Surge Protection
  • Safety
    • Call Before You Dig
    • Safety Tips
    • Safety Demos
    • Electric Meters
    • Generators & Switches
    • If Your Power Goes Out
    • Life Support Equipment
    • Trees and Power Lines
    • Weather Ready: Winter Storms
  • FAQs
    • Member FAQs
    • Submit a Question
    • Request Information
    • Giveaway Official Rules
  • Contact Us

$2.3M coming back to you | Please consider re-investing in the future of your co-op

CEO Matt Berry HeadshotDear Midwest Electric member-owner:

Midwest Electric is paying more than $2.3 million in patronage cash back to members this month! You are receiving an electric bill credit that says “Patronage Applied to Bill”; or some receive a check. Please read on for a special request I want you to consider.

Better yet, we haven’t raised electric rates since 2010! In that time, we have invested more than $26 million in electric system reliability improvements, and we have returned $17 million in patronage cash back…all without raising electric rates!

Last year, we had planned a rate increase for 2021, which would have been our first rate change in 11 years. But thanks to updated planning and our continued focus on cost control, we were able avoid that.

I am writing to ask you to please consider “re-investing” part of your patronage capital payment back into the future of your cooperative.

Please join nearly 700 Midwest Electric members and 35,000 electric cooperative members, employees and directors nationwide who are part of the political action group, Co-op Owners for Political Action®. (If you’re already a member of Co-op Owners and your bill has a line item for “Grassroots COPA” you don’t need to sign up again.)

We need your help with Co-op Owners for Political Action® to support members of Congress and the Ohio Statehouse who support us in our fight for reliable and affordable electricity.

two men stand in front of capital building in Washington, DC

Help us keep electricity affordable and reliable. Co-op Owners for Political Action is our best tool to work with decision makers in Ohio and Washington, D.C.  Just $25 a year (only $2.08 per month) makes you part of this voice for electric cooperatives. It’s a small investment that can help keep electricity affordable and reliable.

We’re battling against poorly conceived federal energy policy that puts stable, reliable and dependable baseload sources of power generation at risk. We need your help in this fight.

As a member-owner of Midwest Electric you have distinct advantages over customers of other types of utilities. You receive electric service at cost, and any margin the cooperative makes is allocated back to you as patronage capital.  We invest those funds in new poles, wire, transformers, substations and other infrastructure in order to provide a reliable supply of cost-effective electric power. That equity is then retired - or paid back - to you as it is financially feasible to do so. This month, you are receiving a patronage capital payment from your cooperative, either as a bill credit or a check. In true cooperative fashion, the benefit is going back to the membership.

Go to midwestrec.com > My Coop > Political Action for a link to a Q & A brochure. Or use this form to send us a message, and we can conveniently add your Co-op Owners contribution to your monthly electric bill. (If you’re already a member of Co-op Owners and your bill has a line item for “Grassroots COPA” you don’t need to sign up again.)

 

Thank you.

 

Sincerely,

Matt Berry, CEO

mberry@midwestrec.com

Back to Top

Midwest-Electric_logo_all_white_2.png

 

06029 County Road 33A
Saint Marys, OH 45885
Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday - Thursday
Phone: 419-394-4110
Fax: 419-394-8333

Proud to be a 5-Star Co-op

HR CONNECT

2023 ACSI Badge     2024 ACSI Badge     https://www.theacsi.org/badges

Midwest Electric Cooperative earns this award based on data modeled by the ACSI® in 2023 and 2024. Award criteria are determined by the ACSI based on customers rating their satisfaction with Midwest in a survey independent of the syndicated ACSI Energy Utility Study. For more about the ACSI, visit www.theacsi.org/badges. ACSI and its logo are registered trademarks of the American Customer Satisfaction Index LLC.

©2025 Midwest Electric, Inc. A Touchstone Energy® Cooperative

  • My Home
    • SmartHub
    • Ways to Pay
    • Bill Payment Assistance
    • Rates & Billing
    • Meter Installations
    • Outage Notifications
  • My Business
    • SmartHub
    • Rates & Billing
    • Economic Development
    • Peak Load Management
    • Rebates
  • My Co-op
    • Who We Are
    • New Electric Service
    • Electric Service Areas
    • Electric Rates & Fees
    • Retail Energy Choice Explained
    • Patronage Cash Back
      • Joint Memberships for Married Couples
    • Annual Meeting & Co-op Board
    • PAC Political Action Event
    • Political Action
    • National Family Month Giveaways
    • Careers
    • Monthly Publications
  • My Community
    • Community Connection Fund
    • Scholarships
    • Need a Speaker?
    • Kids Corner
    • Schools and Teachers
  • My Energy
    • Rebates
    • Energy Calculators
    • Home Energy Advisor
    • Energy Audits & Tips
    • Renewable Energy
    • Peak Alerts and Load Management
    • Load Management Switches
    • Cool Returns
    • Builders and Contractors
    • Power Surge Protection
  • Safety
    • Call Before You Dig
    • Safety Tips
    • Safety Demos
    • Electric Meters
    • Generators & Switches
    • If Your Power Goes Out
    • Life Support Equipment
    • Trees and Power Lines
    • Weather Ready: Winter Storms
  • FAQs
    • Member FAQs
    • Submit a Question
    • Request Information
    • Giveaway Official Rules
  • Contact Us