Big Rivers Electric Corporation

big rivers electric corporation is a member-owned, not-for-profit, generation and transmission cooperative (g&t) headquartered in henderson, kentucky. we provide wholesale electric power and services to three distribution cooperative members across 22 counties in western kentucky. the member cooperatives are jackson purchase energy corporation, headquartered in paducah; kenergy corp., headquartered in henderson; and meade county rural electric cooperative corporation, headquartered in brandenburg. together, they distribute retail electric power and provide other services to more than 114,000 homes, farms, businesses and industries. incorporated in june of 1961, the mission of big rivers is to safely deliver low cost, reliable wholesale power and cost-effective shared services desired by the members. business operations revolve around seven core values: safety, integrity, excellence, member and community service, respect for the employee, teamwork, and environmental consciousness.