Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative

Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a member-owned, nonprofit electric Cooperative serving approximately 18,000 accounts in Holmes, Wayne, Ashland, Stark, Tuscarawas, Knox, Medina and Coshocton counties. Our headquarters are in Millersburg, with a district office in West Salem.

Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative, Inc. is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs).
Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Person with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape , American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA's TARGET Center at (202)720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800)877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative's service territory is divided into nine districts. Each district is represented by one board member, who is elected from the membership at large. Board members must live in the district they represent.

This form of self-governance is one more thing that sets electric Cooperatives apart from other kinds of utilities. Unlike stockholder-owned companies, the elected trustees have no financial interest in the Co-op. Their interest in overseeing the Cooperative's activities is that the Co-op remain a viable, financially sound entity that continues to serve the members in the best possible manner, at the best possible price.

Below is a list of the current trustees, and a description of the geographical district they represent.

Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative
Service Area

Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative's service territory is divided into nine districts. Our service area consists mainly of Holmes and Wayne counties in Ohio.However, we have members in six additional bordering counties, including: Ashland, Medina, Tuscarawas, Stark, Knox and Coshocton. At present, we have approximately 18,000 accounts in our territory.

If you are trying to determine whether HWEC serves a specific location within these areas, please contact us and we will consult our detailed territory maps to determine if we serve that specific location.

It is important to note that, even though portions of Ohio's electric utility industry are deregulated, deregulation did not effect the certified local territories of any electric utility company in Ohio. The local distribution company that served a particular area prior to deregulation still serves that area. HWEC cannot serve a customer whose property is not a part of our certified local service territory.