Hart EMC is an Electric Membership Cooperative. That means we are owned by the people we serve.  An electric co-op is a private, non-profit company whose purpose is to deliver electricity to its members or customers.  As a cooperative, we are required to fulfil two requirements including reinvesting revenue into our service area through stable rates and infrastructure or returning it to members through patronage capital.  Cooperatives are also required to operate using the model of democracy.