Bluestem Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a nonprofit and member-owned electric cooperative. In 1999 two cooperatives, P R & W Electric Cooperative and C & W Electric Cooperative consolidated to form Bluestem Electric Cooperative. These cooperatives were incorporated over 70 years ago by groups of rural citizens and Bluestem Electric exists today to provide its members with quality electric service at the lowest reasonable cost consistent with good business practices.
Over the years the cooperative has added valuable programs and services for its members so that they can fully enjoy the many benefits that rural living has to offer. Remember, we are here to help you take advantage of these services. Give us a call or stop by whenever you have a need or want additional information on these special programs.
Our Clay Center and Wamego offices are open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Our outage reporting service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling one of our offices or your local Trouble Reporter.
Clay Center Office - (785) 632-3111 / (800) 297-8725
Wamego Office - (785) 456-2212 / (800) 558-1580
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Bluestem is a participating member of SafeElectricity and considers electrical safety our greatest concern, so please explore the SafeElectricity Website to learn about electicity safety.
BLUESTEM ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INTERNET DISCLAIMER:
Bluestem’s internet website provides "hyperlinks" to other internet websites that contain information created, published, maintained or otherwise posted by institutions or organizations independent of Bluestem Electric Cooperative, Inc. Bluestem does not endorse, approve, certify or control those external websites, and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy or timeliness of information located at those sites.
Use of any information obtained from those websites is voluntary, and reliance on that information should only be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy. Reference on Bluestem's website or any "linked-to" external website to any specific commercial product, process or service by trade name, trademark, service mark or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favoring by Bluestem Electric Cooperative.
Bluestem joins Kansas Flinthills Tourism Coalition as part of its on going effort to promote economic development for the area. Check out what the Kansas Flint Hills has to offer!
Currently there are no problems supplying you with electricity! If you have no power, check your breakers and fuses to see if the problem is on your system. If not, check with your neighbors to see if they have power. To report a power outage, click on the information button, plug in your zip code to find your trouble reporter's phone number and/or call your local Bluestem Office to report an outage.
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To find your local trouble reporter, please type in your zipcode below.
Please write this information down and keep it near your phone to report outages or other troubles. Zipcode:
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What is an ECA (Energy Cost Adjustment)
Bluestem Electric Cooperative purchases power each month from its power supplier – Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (KEPCo) at a wholesale cost to meet the electric energy needs of its members. This cost of wholesale power is a significant cost of providing electric service to the member.
The ECA provides for a monthly adjustment dependent on any differences in the average cost from the base cost of wholesale power.
When the kilowatt hour cost to the cooperative is lower than the basecost, there is a credit to the bill.When the kilowatt hour cost to the cooperative is higher than the base cost, there is an adder to the bill.
Wholesale power costs fluctuate for a host of reasons.In the hot summer months, the excess demand for energy requires KEPCo to buy power from more expensive sources.
As you can guess, people generally don’t ask questions when their bills are lowered with a credit.They tend to ask questions when their bill is increased.However, consumers can help the cooperative and in turn, themselves by curtailing their usage during the peak hours of the hot days of summer (approx. 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.).
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Weather Data for the last 5 years is located on the Information Page
Bluestem's Process for Restoring Power After A Storm can be located on the Information Page
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BEC is a member of the Kansas Flint Hills Tourism Coalition. Learn what the great Kansas Flint Hills has to offer, visit their site at - http://www.kansasflinthills.travel/
