December 9, 1996 – Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. was incorporated
Heartland was incorporated due to a consolidation of United Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Sekan Electric Cooperative Association, Inc.
January 1, 1997 – The consolidation of United Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Sekan Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. officially occurred
The cooperative is organized as a cooperative, non-profit, membership corporation under Chapter 17, Article 46 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
The Former Cooperatives
September 1, 1975 – Sugar Valley Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. of Mound City, Kansas merged with Cooperative Electric Power and Light Company, Inc. of Iola, Kansas, to form United Electric Cooperative, Inc., headquartered in Iola, Kansas
Sekan, headquartered in Girard, Kansas, merged with United in 1996 to form Heartland
Dates of Incorporation
April 16, 1937 – Cooperative Electric Power & Light Company, Inc.
April 19, 1939 – Sekan Electric Cooperative Association, Inc.
June 5, 1940 – Sugar Valley Electric Cooperative Association, Inc.