Recent News

CEC cares about giving members reliable and reasonably priced electricity. While many of the coopera...

2024 Capital Credit Retirement

Monday | April 1, 2024
Members - check your April bill for your capital credit retirement! Central Electric Cooperative's (...

The 2024 Member Photo Contest is Live!

Thursday | March 28, 2024
CEC invites you to submit your best photo for our 2024 Photo Contest! The top three winners will rec...

Electrical Safety Programs

Monday | February 26, 2024
CEC provides several free electrical safety programs to educate the community about electricity and ...
Central Electric Cooperative's (CEC's) Board of Directors are elected on a rotating basis for four-y...

Newly Redesigned SmartHub

Tuesday | February 13, 2024
New updates coming to SmartHub this month.

2024 Good Neighbor Scholarship

Monday | January 22, 2024
CEC would like to welcome students to apply for the 2024 Good Neighbor Scholarship.

2023 Christmas Lights Contest Winners

Friday | December 22, 2023
Thank you to all who participated in the 2023 Central Electric Cooperative (CEC) Christmas Lights Co...

Youth Tour Applications Are Open!

Tuesday | December 12, 2023
Youth Tour applications are now open and we are looking for students to participate in this leadersh...

2023 Christmas Lights Contest Voting

Monday | December 11, 2023
Below are the entries for the CEC 2023 Christmas Lights Contest! Voting will remain open until Dec. ...

CEC Employees Donate Gifts to Families in Need

Wednesday | December 6, 2023
Throughout the month of November, 20 CEC employees put together 63 bags of Christmas gifts to donate...

NEW Website Survey

Wednesday | November 29, 2023
On December 4th 2023, a survey will be launched on central.coop for our members to tell us what they...

2024 CEC Line Clearing

Monday | November 27, 2023
CEC will begin tree trimming in January to reduce outages and service interruptions caused by trees....

2023 Christmas Lights Contest!

Tuesday | October 24, 2023
Deck your home for the holiday season and you could win the CEC Christmas Lights Contest!

Winners of the 2023 Photo Contest

Monday | October 23, 2023
Thank you to all who participated in the 2023 Photo Contest and congratulations to our winners!
Two CEC employees were recently credited with saving a local family after their apartment building c...

Be a Co-op Voter!

Wednesday | September 6, 2023
Be a Co-op voter: register to vote and go to the polls on Nov. 7, 2023!

Energy Assistance Options

Thursday | August 31, 2023
Do you need help paying your bill? CEC wants to help. There are also several assistance programs ava...
Brandon Keesee, a journeyman lineman for Sikeston, Missouri-based SEMO Electric Cooperative, wrote t...

2023 Annual Meeting Recap

Wednesday | August 16, 2023
On August 10, 2023, Central Electric Cooperative (CEC) held its Annual Meeting at AC Valley High Sch...