McDonough Power Cooperative president and CEO Mike Smith has announced that the Illinois electric cooperatives in 2017 will award nine academic scholarships to high school seniors through a memorial scholarship fund designed to financially assist deserving students in the “electric cooperative family.”   In addition, a tenth scholarship – to assist with costs in attending an […]

In the 2012 national elections, voter turnout dropped by 9 percent overall, but the decline in rural counties was 18 percent—twice that of the nation as a whole. Today McDonough Power Cooperative is joining a national program to help turn this around by encouraging our employees and members to register to vote and go to […]

Several local organizations applied for Operation Round-Up grants from McDonough Power Cooperative and were approved for funding. A total of $7,550 in Operation Round-Up grants was awarded. Area organizations benefiting from the grants are as follows: McDonough County United Way – $1,000 toward their Change the Story campaign Jamieson Community Center – $1,550 for the purchase of […]

Members of McDonough Power Cooperative were updated on the co-op’s power supply and power diversification at the 79th Annual Meeting of Members held Tuesday, August 16, at The Crossing in Macomb. President/CEO Mike Smith discussed how power supply and power portfolio diversity are changing at McDonough Power. Recent survey results indicated that the cooperative showed […]

At the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives’ annual meeting in Springfield on July 28, State Representative Norine Hammond  (R- Macomb, 93rd House District) received the 2016 Illinois Electric Cooperatives Public Service Award. The award was made in recognition of Rep. Hammond’s dedicated public service to all citizens of the state of Illinois and for outstanding […]

Several years ago McDonough Power Cooperative initiated a significant vegetation management program to control vegetation under and around its electrical equipment. This program includes cutting, trimming and spraying of vegetation that will interfere with electric service. The program is on-going and necessary to deliver safe, low cost and reliable electricity to homes and businesses. Since […]

Grace Bartlett of Rushville-Industry High School and Allison Jackson of Macomb High School represented McDonough Power Cooperative in Washington, D.C., during the annual “Youth to Washington” Tour, June 10-17. This event, sponsored by the electric and telephone cooperatives of Illinois since the late 1950s, is an introduction to our democratic form of government and cooperatives […]

Friday, June 10 we send two area students to Washington, DC for a week to discover American history. Grace Bartlett of Rushville-Industry High School and Allison Jackson of Macomb High School will represent McDonough Power Cooperative during the tour. Follow along on the Illinois Youth to Washington Facebook page to see what the students come across […]

McDonough Power operates as a not-for-profit business, owned by the member-consumers we serve. When you pay your bill each month, you are accumulating equity in your cooperative through capital credits allocation. Margins in excess of the cost to serve members are utilized as operating capital. When the cooperative realizes a positive margin (excess of income […]

The McDonough Power Cooperative Operation Round-Up (ORU) Trustees recently awarded $4,350 to three local charities through its Operation Round-Up Program. The charitable organizations that received funding include the McDonough District Hospital Foundation – $2,000 towards a nursery bassinette in the Dolores Kator Switzer Women’s Center; Macomb Project H.O.P.E., Inc. NFP – $500 to stock their food pantry; […]