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Crawford Electric is a member-owned, non-profit rural electric cooperative with a five-county service area in east-central Missouri. Our facilities are based in Bourbon, Missouri. Our mission always has been to provide the best possible service to our members at the lowest possible cost. The co-op story shows that good things can happen when people work together. Our staff and board of directors work in the best interest of members and are interested in your input, especially at annual meeting. As a rural electric cooperative, Crawford Electric is a partner in America’s largest utility network and benefits from the support and expertise of several related organizations.
Crawford Electric is an independent electric utility incorporated in 1940 under the laws of Missouri and controlled by the people who use our electricity. Electric cooperatives originally were established to provide reliable, affordable electric service to rural areas that had been deemed "unprofitable" by the investor-owned utilities. Our member-owers have control over the assets and operations of the co-op through voting and electing members to serve on the cooperative's board of directors. Today, electric cooperatives nationwide represent an industry with assets of more than $70 billion; they employ 60,000 people in the United States; they own and operate more than 2.3 million miles of line; and they serve 13 million businesses, homes, schools, churches, farms, irrigation systems, and other establishments representing more than 34 million people. Learn more about electric cooperatives.
Crawford Electric serves the east-central Missouri counties of Crawford, Gasconade, Franklin, Washington and Dent. We maintain more than 3,100 miles of lines and serve more than 17,000 meters. Generally, Crawford Electric’s service territory extends from northeast of Beaufort, west along Highway 50, south along the Crawford County line, including a corner of Dent County, east to Dillard, northeast through Washington County to where Washington, Jefferson and Franklin counties meet, then northwest between Stanton and St. Clair. To learn whether your prospective home or business site is within Crawford Electric’s service territory, contact us.
The annual meeting of the cooperative generally is held on the co-op grounds on a weekday in early September. The business meeting and election of directors happens in the morning, followed by a complimentary lunch. A musical performance and attendance prizes entertain the crowd while the ballots are counted. Election results are announced in the early afternoon. The meeting usually is adjourned in the early afternoon. Candidates for positions on the board of directors must be nominated by petitions signed by at least 15 co-op members. Request a copy of the co-op bylaws for further details.
The headquarters of Crawford Electric Cooperative is located along Interstate 44 at 10301 N. Service Rd., just east of Bourbon, Missouri. The 17,500-square foot building houses office space and includes  a board room, a meeting room in the basement
and a dock area for four service trucks. This 60-acre site also includes a 3,500-square
foot garage, a warehouse, and a fenced pole yard. A new 7,200-square foot garage will
better house and handle our vehicle fleet.
A nine-member board of directors oversees Crawford Electric’s operations. Members of the cooperative elect the directors to three-year terms. One director from each of the co-op’s three geographical districts is elected each year at the annual meeting. The current board of directors is as follows:
Crawford Electric is a member of the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. These are both service organizations designed to assist electric cooperatives in legal and legislative matters.
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