POWER SUPPLY The Little Niangua hydro project built during the 1920’s, continues to provide Sho-Me with 3 MW of "river-run" power, but today that accounts for less than 1 % of its requirements. Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. satisfies over 99% of Sho-Me's power needs. Sho-Me and the five other G&T cooperatives operating in Missouri in 1961 created AECI. The goal was to establish a "Super G&T" which could satisfy the needs of the six wholesalers serving 41 Rural Electric Cooperatives in Missouri, 3 RECs in Iowa and the municipal customers of Sho-Me and the other 5 original incorporators.