Mission:
Morgan County REA, a member-owned cooperative, is dedicated to serving our members by providing safe, reliable energy with a strong tradition and vision for the future.
- MCREA, incorporated in 1937, is a not-for-profit electric cooperative owned and run by the members it serves. MCREA's headquarters is located in Fort Morgan, Colorado.
- A Board of Directors is elected by our members and governs our cooperative.
- MCREA serves 9,778 meter locations.
- Counties served: Adams, Arapahoe, Logan, Morgan, Washington and Weld.
- Towns served: Goodrich, Hoyt, Last Chance, Messex, Orchard, Prospect Valley, Roggen, Wiggins and Woodrow.
- MCREA has 5,016 member-owners.
- MCREA has 41 full-time employees.
- Service area covers approximately 4,000 square miles of northeastern Colorado and is divided into three representative districts.
- MCREA operates and maintains 2,976 miles of transmission and distribution line.
- Average of 3.3 meters per mile of line.
- MCREA operates and maintains 25 substations.
- Wholesale power supplier: Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc
*Data as of December 31, 2025.
Number of kWh (in millions) sold for last 5 years:
|
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
379.8 |
382.4 |
380.7 |
473.4 |
563.0 |
Service Area
Our History
Morgan County Rural Electric Association was organized on April 27, 1937. Morgan County was the third REA to be organized in Colorado. The Charter Board of Directors included: H. W. Bigler, C. C. Daily, J. R. Henderson, O. E. Kinnaman, Ernest Rosener, W. F. Tormohlen, G. E. Trewet, N. C. Wagers and George T. White. The first official meeting of the Board of Directors was held on March 6, 1937 at the courthouse in Fort Morgan. Engineers needed 2 months to draw up the first plans and blueprints for the first 200 miles of line. On May 11, 1938 the first 175 miles of line was energized.
