Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative

Utility cooperative

A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity, water or telecommunications to its members...

 headquartered in Mena, Arkansas

Mena, Arkansas

Mena is a city in Polk County, Arkansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Polk County.It was founded by Arthur Edward Stilwell during the building of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad . It was Stilwell who decided Mena would be the name of this new town along the route to...

, with a district office in Dierks, Arkansas

Dierks, Arkansas

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The Cooperative serves portions of six counties in the states of Arkansas

Arkansas

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 and Oklahoma

Oklahoma

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, in a territory generally surrounding Mena.

As of September 2005, the Cooperative had more than 1,512 miles of power lines, and serves over 7,600 customers.