Founded in Lempster, NH in 1939, The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) is a member-owned and controlled electric distributor serving approximately 80,000 members in 115 towns and cities. Theodore Roosevelt signed a law the same year that brought electricity to rural areas across the country, revolutionizing the way we lived. The NHEC maintains over 5,500 miles of energized line that traverse nine of the 10 counties in New Hampshire; including islands, mountains, and the most remote parts of the state. Headquartered in Plymouth, the Cooperative serves members in nine operating districts: Colebrook, Sunapee, Andover, Plymouth, Meredith, Conway, Alton, Ossipee, and Raymond. Some of the oldest utility poles from that first era still stand and deliver electricity across NH!