About EnerStar Electric Cooperative

What is a Cooperative?

Being a member of a cooperative is a unique experience because we are owned by our members and operate for their benefit, rather than to generate profits for investors. This sets us apart from other businesses and is what we refer to as the co-op difference!

Member Controlled

When you belong to a cooperative, you decide who’s in charge. You choose the board members and directors, so you have a direct impact on what happens. So vote for people who share the same beliefs as you!

Service Oriented

Typical businesses chase after profits like a horse wearing blinders. Since cooperatives aren’t your typical business, they focus their energy on other things, like member service. We pride ourselves on giving our members more personalized attention.

Community Focused

Cooperatives are known for taking care of their communities. EnerStar - with your incredibly generous help - gives back to Central Illinois in many ways, from donations to local nonprofits to scholarships for local high school students.

7 Cooperative Principles

Our History

The co-op’s sole purpose is to serve our members.

We exist because no other electric utility was willing to provide electric service to the “last-mile” areas of the rural areas we currently serve.

In the late 1930s, as part of FDR’s New Deal, the Rural Electrification Act (REA) provided much-needed support to residents of rural America so they could form their own electric companies. And that’s precisely what a group of local folks did under the guidance of the Edgar County Farm Bureau.

Our goal today has stayed the same. We’re proud to serve our local communities.

It always has been. It always will be.

Annual Meeting

Every June, we get together with our fellow co-op members to celebrate the co-op we all love. We believe our Annual Meeting should be as awesome our Co-op, so there’s plenty of food, fun, and entertainment for free!

It’s not all fun and games, however. You will also hear updates about the co-op’s financials, elect directors to represent you on the board, and learn more about the co-op you own.

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