Private company

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Mena, Arkansas, United States with a district office in Dierks, Arkansas. The cooperative serves portions of six counties in the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma, in a territory generally surrounding Mena.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Mena, Arkansas, United States with a district office in Dierks, Arkansas. The cooperative serves portions of six counties in the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma, in a territory generally surrounding Mena.2

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$59.2M 2009–2025
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2009–2025: $59.2M in all. Federal loans $59.1M; Federal contracts $100.0K.$0$10M$20M$30M2009 · Federal contracts: $100.0K20092010 · Federal loans: $12.5M20112013 · Federal loans: $16.6M2013201520172019202120232025 · Federal loans: $30.0M2025
Figures by year
YearFederal loansFederal contractsTotal
2025$30.0M–$30.0M
2013$16.6M–$16.6M
2010$12.5M–$12.5M
2009–$100.0K$100.0K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2009–2009, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest federal loans

  1. May 13, 2025$30.0M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Electrification Loans And Loan Guarantees4 To RICH MOUNTAIN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award CLSS00000092747
  2. Sep 10, 2013$16.6M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Electrification Loans And Loan Guarantees5 To RICH MOUNTAIN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award RO1892 29081
  3. Jul 1, 2010$12.5M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Electrification Loans And Loan Guarantees6 To RICH MOUNTAIN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award RO1892 15160

Largest contracts

  1. May 15, 2009$27.0K from Federal Emergency Management Agency: Electric utility service to mobile homes provided to victims of disaster dr-1834-ar.7 To RICH MOUNTAIN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Award HSFE0609U6451