Butte Electric Cooperative is a private, independent electric utility company, owned by the members we serve in Butte, Lawrence and Meade counties of Western South Dakota. We are a democratically governed business, organized under the Cooperative or Rochdale Principles of:

1. Voluntary and open membership

2. Democratic member control

3. Member’s economic participation

4. Autonomy and independence

5. Education, training and information

6. Cooperation among cooperatives and,

7. Concern for community.

These principals anchor us firmly in the communities we serve and ensure that we are closely regulated by our consumers.

As a Touchstone Energy Cooperative we are a part of a national alliance of local, member-owned electric cooperatives that do business with integrity, accountability and innovation and commitment to community. The Touchstone Energy Cooperatives brand represents a nationwide alliance made of more than 660 local, consumer-owned electric cooperatives in 46 states. Touchstone Energy co-ops collectively deliver power and energy solutions to more than 30 million members every day. Electric cooperatives distribute power for 75 percent of the U.S. land mass over 2.4 million miles of power lines. Electric cooperatives were established to provide electricity to rural America, and now make up the largest electric utility network in the nation. Touchstone Energy is the national brand identity for that network.