McLean Electric Cooperative

What McLean Electric Cooperative does

McLean Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a member-owned electric distribution cooperative organized under North Dakota law, founded on August 26, 1945, and headquartered at 4031 Highway 37 Byp, Garrison, North Dakota. The cooperative distributes electricity to approximately 4,031 meter locations across McLean County and adjoining Mountrail and Sheridan Counties, serving Residential Members (primary segment), Commercial/Industrial customers with service capacity up to 400 amps, Agricultural operations including grain bins and irrigation systems, and broader Rural Members. Its core technology is the rural electric distribution grid — poles, lines, and substations — first energized on March 31, 1947, with the existing headquarters building completed in 1958 and subsequently remodeled and expanded. Rates are set by a member-elected Board of Directors under the cooperative's bylaws, with a subscription/metered billing model invoiced monthly, a deposit-free prepaid metering option, and an Electric Heat Rate Program for members using electric heating. New connections are formalized through a New Construction Service Application covering residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and distributed generation categories. Member-facing digital infrastructure consists of the SmartHub web and mobile account-management platform, supported by 24/7 outage reporting via phone.

The cooperative's business model is a not-for-profit, member-financed utility franchise: revenue is generated by volumetric electricity sales and monthly base charges across the four customer segments, supplemented by member programs including Operation RoundUp (charitable bill-rounding), Youth Tour scholarships, and Rural Development Loans & Grants. Community engagement channels include North Dakota Living Magazine, an annual meeting, community events, and a Facebook presence. The product and service portfolio extends beyond core distribution to energy-efficiency programs (Touchstone Energy Savings, heat-pump rebates), distributed generation interconnection, and energy-information resources linked to ENERGY.GOV and ENERGY STAR. Governance is structured as nine director districts with a President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Directors, and day-to-day operations are led by General Manager/CEO Mark Doyle (appointed August 31, 2020). The cooperative has no parent company, no subsidiaries, no external institutional investors, and no publicly disclosed revenue figure.

Name

McLean Electric Cooperative

Legal name

McLean Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Website

https://mcleanelectric.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

McLean Electric Cooperative is a member-owned rural electric distribution utility founded in 1945, serving approximately 4,031 meters across McLean, Mountrail, and Sheridan Counties in North Dakota with residential, commercial, agricultural, and distributed-generation electric service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Electric Distribution

NAICS

Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution (22112), Electric Power Distribution (221122)

SIC

Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

Electric Cooperatives (Rural/Member-Owned Utilities) (EUADABAC)

Keywords

• Rural electric cooperative
• Electric utility services
• Electric power distribution
• Member-owned cooperative
• Energy distribution services

Headquarters

HQ city

Garrison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

McLean Electric Cooperative is a member-owned rural electric distribution utility that delivers electric power to approximately 4,031 meters across McLean County and adjoining Mountrail and Sheridan Counties in North Dakota. Founded in 1945, the cooperative provides residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural electric service, along with new construction connections, prepaid metering, electric heat rate programs, and a SmartHub account management portal for members.

Product overview

McLean Electric Cooperative provides electric utility services to approximately 4,031 meters across McLean County and adjoining Mountrail and Sheridan Counties in North Dakota. The cooperative offers a customer-facing member portal through SmartHub for account management, along with new construction electrical services. Energy-related offerings include efficiency programs, rebates, electric heat rate options, and prepaid metering. Community programs include Operation RoundUp charitable giving, scholarships, and youth tour opportunities. The cooperative's primary digital platform is SmartHub for web and mobile account access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electric Distribution Service Core electric distribution service delivering power to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural members across McLean County and adjoining Mountrail and Sheridan Counties in North Dakota. Rates are determined by the elected Board of Directors and billed monthly.
• New Construction Service

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Verendrye Electric Cooperative: North Dakota rural electric cooperative serving members across central North Dakota counties. Operates the same member-owned cooperative business model with overlapping distribution territory, identical regulatory framework under ND law, and Touchstone Energy brand alignment, making it the closest functional peer to McLean Electric.
• Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Cooperative: North Dakota electric cooperative headquartered in Mandan serving members across Grant, Morton, Sioux, and adjacent counties. Closely comparable as a rural North Dakota distribution-only cooperative with similar member count, agricultural load mix, and exposure to western North Dakota commodity cycles.
• Capital Electric Cooperative: North Dakota electric cooperative serving members in and around the Bismarck-Mandan area. Comparable distribution cooperative with similar member-owned structure, SmartHub-based member services, and engagement in distributed generation interconnections across its service territory.
• KEM Electric Cooperative: North Dakota electric cooperative serving members in the south-central part of the state. Comparable as a small rural distribution cooperative with similar service territory size, member-owned governance structure, and reliance on Touchstone Energy cooperative programs.
• Slope Electric Cooperative: North Dakota electric cooperative serving members in the southwestern part of the state. Comparable rural distribution cooperative with similar customer scale, agricultural load profile (grain and livestock), and member governance under the same North Dakota cooperative statute.
• Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative: North Dakota electric cooperative serving members in the southeastern part of the state. Directly comparable distribution cooperative with overlapping rural service territory, member-elected board governance, and substantially similar product mix including SmartHub, electric heat rates, and energy efficiency rebates.
• Roughrider Electric Cooperative: North Dakota rural electric cooperative serving members across multiple western North Dakota counties. Comparable as a small rural distribution cooperative with similar geographic concentration, agricultural load mix, and reliance on member-equity capital for system upgrades.

Broad incumbents

• Minnkota Power Cooperative: Regional generation-and-transmission cooperative that supplies wholesale power to multiple North Dakota distribution cooperatives including McLean Electric's power provider. Comparable as the upstream power supplier in McLean's stack and as a benchmark for cooperative-style utility governance and capital structure in the region.
• Basin Electric Power Cooperative: One of the largest generation-and-transmission cooperatives in the United States, serving member distribution cooperatives across the Dakotas and adjacent states. Comparable as the cooperative-system counterparty through which McLean Electric procures capacity and energy, and as a benchmark for vertically integrated utility scale in the cooperative model.

Others

• Touchstone Energy Cooperative Network: National network of 750+ member-owned electric cooperatives that share branding, marketing programs, and efficiency rebate infrastructure including the Touchstone Energy Savings program referenced by McLean Electric. Comparable as the cooperative-system peer network that defines McLean Electric's brand, member engagement model, and many of its efficiency programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/mclean.electric.coop
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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