Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative and Sho-Me Technologies hosted Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Wednesday August 12, 2009 for a press conference announcing Missouri's "MoBroadbandNow" initiative.

U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton was in Marshfield Oct. 23 and the veteran congressman took time from his schedule to have lunch and speak to the board of Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative. In turn, the board used the occasion to honor Skelton with a bronze statue of a lineman for his strong support of the rural electrical program.

SPRINGFIELD, MO – Nearly 800 rural electric cooperative members from Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma attended the 46th annual meeting of Springfield, Mo.-based Associated Electric Cooperative (AECI) in St. Louis June 2-4. Members learned how climate change legislation being debated in Congress could raise their electric rates more than 260 percent if new power generation is not developed.

Sho-Me Power has participated in the American Cancer Society “Relay for Life” fund drive for many years. The Relay for Life was held on Friday, June 20th and Sho-Me employees were able to contribute $7,726.00 toward the cause. Sho-Me Power has pledged a 10% match of the employee contributions up to a maximum yearly contribution of $1,000.00, and this year donated $772.60, and an additional $505.00 from miscellaneous fund raising, bringing the grand total to $9,003.60.