Columbus Electric Co-Op

We are a nonprofit consumer-owned electric system established to provide electric service to rural southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. We’re glad we can be of service in providing your electric power needs.

We’re open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm. Contact us with any questions or requests. After-hour emergency services are available by calling (800) 228-0579.

Enchantment Magazine is mailed to you each month by our statewide organization in Santa Fe. It covers cooperatives and people throughout New Mexico and has a monthly report from Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, our power supplier.
CEC’s newsletter, Columbus Currents, is mailed with your monthly bill. We encourage you to read it to keep informed and up to date with your cooperative and the events that affect it.

We provide many consumer services, including energy saving water heaters. We also offer rebates for certain appliances.  

Again, welcome to CEC. Please let us know how we can assist you. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.

Voluntary and Open Membership. Cooperatives are voluntary organizations open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political, or religious discrimination.

Democratic Member Control. Cooperatives are democratic organizations controlled by their members, who actively participate in setting policies and making decisions. The elected representatives are accountable to the membership. In primary cooperatives, members have equal voting rights (one member, one vote) and cooperatives at other levels are organized in a democratic manner. 

Members' Economic Participation. Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of their cooperative. At least part of that capital is usually the common property of the cooperative. Members usually receive limited compensation, if any, on capital subscribed as a condition of membership. Members allocate surpluses for any or all of the following purposes: developing the cooperative, possibly by setting up reserves, part of which at least would be indivisible; benefiting members in proportion to their transactions with the cooperative; and supporting other activities approved by the membership. 

Autonomy and Independence. Cooperatives are autonomous, self-help organizations controlled by their members. If they enter into agreements with other organizations, including governments, or raise capital from external sources, they do so on terms that ensure democratic control by their members and maintain their cooperative autonomy.

Education, Training, and Information. Cooperatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers, and employees so they can contribute effectively to the development of their cooperatives. They inform the general public, particularly young people and opinion leaders, about the nature and benefits of cooperation.

Cooperation Among Cooperatives. Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative movement by working together through local, national, regional, and international structures.

Concern for Community. While focusing on member needs, cooperatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies accepted by their members.