Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association

Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association is a member-owned, non-profit electric utility founded in 1937. Headquartered in Rockford, Minn., Wright-Hennepin is one of the state’s largest member-owned electric utilities and distributes electricity to more than 46,000 homes, businesses and farms.

What does it mean to be a member-owner?

Being a member-owner of Wright-Hennepin distinguishes you from other electric utility customers in a number of ways:

• Your voice is heard. You have an input regarding setting policy through a nine-member board elected by you and other Wright-Hennepin members in the local area. Board members serve three-year terms and elections are held at an Annual Meeting each spring.
• You share in the “profits” of the cooperative. Since we are a cooperative, any excess margins are returned to our member-owners in the form of capital credits. Wright-Hennepin has returned more than $30 million in capital credits over the years.

Guiding principles of your cooperative

The core focus of Wright-Hennepin is to provide you with competitive electric rates, reliable and safe power, and outstanding customer service.

Wright-Hennepin celebrated it's 75th Anniversary on March 27, 2012. A history video was produced to commemorate the event. Clips of the video can be found here. If you'd like your own copy, contact customer service at (763) 477-3000 to order one.

Wright-Hennepin’s subsidiary businesses

WH Holding Purpose: 
WH Holding exists as an independent business structure that offers innovative and competitive products and services; it was created to manage risk, optimize resources, increase strategic energy sales, deliver complementary benefits and generate profits to offset the retail price of electricity for WH members.

WH Security

To enhance the lives of our membership, Wright-Hennepin started a home security company in 1989 called WH Security. WH Security provides homes and businesses in the Twin Cities area with home alarm systems and monitoring.

HeatMyFloors.com

HeatMyFloors.com provides electric underfloor heating solutions to homeowners and contractors across the U.S.

WH Services

WH Services provides tree trimming-services as well as lighting maintenance and installation.

WH International Response Center (WHIRC)

The WHIRC provides 24-hour wholesale monitoring services for security dealers in 28 states and three Canadian provinces.

WH Generation

WH Generation provides back-up power solutions that improve electric service reliability for commercial members.

Our Vision 

To benefit our members, Wright-Hennepin and its diversified business will outperform our competitors and achieve top 10 percent results in satisfaction, financial management, safety and reliability by 2020.

Our Mission

We deliver the power, products and competitive pricing essential for improving the quality of life of the members and communities we serve.