About Us
Northwestern Electric Cooperative was incorporated July 10, 1940, after farmers and ranchers in the northwestern part of Oklahoma were unable to secure electrical service from any other source. The Cooperative was organized to perform a service and not as a profit making organization.
The Cooperative has grown and branched out to serve in Woodward, Ellis, Harper, Beaver, Major, Woods and Dewey Counties. Today, Northwestern Electric has a workforce of 51 employees, and provides electricity to over 11,000 meters and 4,800 miles of line. We provide energy needs to industrial, commercial and residential members throughout Northwest Oklahoma.
Nine directors elected from the membership determine major policies of the Cooperative and hire a Manager to conduct the day-to-day business and carry out Board Policies.
Northwestern Electric’s CEO & Board of Directors are as follows:
| CEO |
Tyson Littau |
| President |
Kenny Knowles, Arnett |
| Vice-President |
Ray Smith, Taloga |
| Sec-Tres |
John Bruce, Sharon |
| Gil Perkins |
Gate |
| Lee Huckaby |
Selman |
| Wayne Hall |
Quinlan |
| Duane Henderson |
Mooreland |
| Clair Craighead |
Woodward |
| Dean Stone |
Buffalo |
Northwestern purchases all of the power they sell to their members from Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC), a generation and transmission cooperative. Northwestern along with eighteen other cooperatives in the state, owns Western Farmers. Ray Smith of Taloga serves on the Western Farmers Board of Directors.
The cooperative also belongs to Touchstone Energy, Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Associations (NRECA). Touchstone Energy is an alliance with all the cooperatives in the United States. Serving on the OAEC board of directors is John Bruce, Jr. of Sharon.
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