Organized in 1938 under the provisions of the United States Rural Electrification Act and incorporated under the provisions of the Texas Electric Cooperative Corporation Act, Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a not-for-profit electric cooperative corporation, operating under the seven guiding Cooperative Principles.
As of October 2009, Medina Electric Cooperative (EC) provides service to over 16,300 members with more than 28,200 meter connections throughout a 12,000 square-mile region in the Texas counties of:
Medina EC was born out of the Rural Electrification Act. The Rural Electrification Administration (REA) was established by Executive Order under President Franklin Roosevelt on May 11, 1935, and on May 20 the following year, the President signed the Rural Electrification Act. This Act established the REA as a lending agency on a continual basis for 10 years. Because of the great need for electricity in the South Texas area, farmers, ranchers and other concerned groups began meeting together and on November 22, 1938, the first meeting of incorporators and directors of Medina EC was held at the Medina County Agent's office in Hondo, Texas.
Medina EC is governed by a nine person, member-elected Board of Directors and daily operations are led by the organization's General Manager and CEO. Mark Rollans has served as Medina EC's current General Manager/CEO since January 2007.
The construction of the cooperative's lines and facilities have been carried out over the years with funds obtained by loan agreements from the Rural Utilities Service (formerly Rural Electrification Administration or REA), a division within the United States Department of Agriculture. In recent years a portion of the financing of Medina EC's lines and facilities has also been obtained from the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) and CoBank.
