Vision Statement
“To be a Leader in Providing Value-Based Energy and Related Services.”

Mission Statement
“To Honorably Serve Our Customers with Reliable, Competitively Priced Energy and Related Services while Providing a Quality Work Environment and being Responsive to the Needs of our Owners, Customers and the Community.”

In existence for over 65 years, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC) has grown into Oklahoma’s largest locally owned power supply system. WFEC is a generation and transmission cooperative that provides essential electric service to 19 member-owner cooperatives, Altus Air Force Base, and other power users.

WFEC was organized in 1941 when western Oklahoma rural electric distribution cooperatives were unable to secure an adequate power supply at rates the farmers and rural industrial developers could afford. Engineering studies made by those rural electric distribution cooperative pioneers indicated something could be done to solve their wholesale power supply dilemma.
On February 21, 1941, representatives of nine rural electric distribution cooperatives met in Oklahoma City’s Biltmore Hotel and formed a generation and transmission cooperative to be owned by the cooperatives it served.

The incorporators provided for individual rural electric distribution cooperatives to petition for membership. On April 25,1941, the cooperative approved the membership of six cooperatives. These six members were joined by four other cooperatives later that year.
In April 1942, the decision was made to make Anadarko the main headquarters facility. Thirty acres of land were purchased just outside the northeastern city limits.

Cooperating with the government, the Board of Trustees shut down construction at the start of World War II and released the newly acquired generators to be used in the war effort “to aid in the defense of our country.” When the war ended, WFEC added an eleventh member. With new construction plans, WFEC started producing power in 1950.

Eight eastern Oklahoma rural electric distribution cooperatives joined WFEC in 1968, bringing the total number of member-owners to 19.

With three generating plants located at Mooreland, Anadarko and Hugo, WFEC has total power capacity of more than 1,400,000 kilowatts when the purchased hydropower is included.

Supplying the electrical needs of more than two-thirds of rural Oklahoma, WFEC is still committed to its original purpose, which is to supply its member-owners with electric power at the lowest possible cost consistent with adequate and reliable service, efficient operation and financial stability.