Our History

Speaker at historic meeting of Cooperative electric power and light co, inc.

  • 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

Audience at historic meeting of Cooperative electric power and light co, inc.

  • 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.