The White County Crime Stoppers, Sheriff’s Department and the Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative are seeking information from the public that will lead to the arrest & conviction of the people responsible for the theft of copper wire and other materials from the Enfield branch of the electric cooperative.

Founded in 1937, Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative has provided affordable electricity to consumer members in parts of 11-counties in southern Illinois. The counties include portions of Wayne, White, Hamilton, Jefferson, Clay, Edwards, Richland, Franklin, Marion, Gallatin, and Wabash counties.  With offices in Fairfield and Enfield, WWCEC currently provides service to 13,490 consumers.   WWCEC currently energizes 3,324 miles of line, with roughly 4.14 members per mile of line.  WWCEC currently operates with a total of 54 employees, which includes 5 employees at Wayne-White Propane.  We are a member-owner of Hoosier Energy, as one of (18) electric cooperative member-owners.  Hoosier Energy is based in Bloomington, Indiana.  You can see the other seventeen member cooperatives located on the adjacent map along with many of the power plants and other generation resources that we co-own with the other member cooperatives.  The 2012 Annual Meeting of the Cooperative will mark the 75th Anniversary of our Cooperative.  Wayne-White is affiliated as a "Touchstone Energy Cooperative" along with over 700 other electric cooperatives in the nation.  Please read our Mission Statement and the 7 Cooperative Principles by which we do business.  You can also read our ByLaws online.  In addition to linemen, office personnel, and staff, WWCEC also has a very agressive vegetation management crew which proactively cycles throughout the 11-county service area, clearing brush, pruning trees, and removing trouble trees, which has dramatically improved the quality of electrical service for our member customers.  Outages have been greatly reduced due to this approach.  Although normal office hours are Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm, you can reach a live person 24-hours a day, seven days a week, in case of a power outage or emergency need at 842-2196. Today, WWCEC offers much more than just affordable electricity to cooperative members

Mission

Our Mission is to serve our member-owners with dependable electricity service at affordable rates, and superior customer service.