News/Events

Otero County Electric Cooperative’s provider, Tri-State Generation & Transmission, has recently been performing critical maintenance in one of our substations. As part of that work, a substation transformer was taken out of service at the Carrizo Substation. Maintenance on this piece of equipment has now been completed and crews will be taking an outage to bring this transformer back online.

Many members and businesses are struggling due to the shutdowns and closures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. Government passed the CARES Act on March 27, that allows for direct economic aid to millions of struggling Americans and businesses. There are a multitude of organizations who can offer help during this uncertain time.

Otero County Electric Cooperative published a proposed rate increase on the back page of the November edition of enchantment magazine. Member information meetings regarding this new rate proposal will be held the first week of December to allow members a time to learn more about the increase and ask questions.