Great Bend–Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. invites the community to an open house celebrating one year at their new location, 200 10th Street, Great Bend on Thursday, August 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The open house is a come and go event with refreshments and door prizes. Facility and green space tours will be available, and Wheatland’s Hyundai Kona will be on hand for members wanting to experience driving a 100% electric vehicle.

Wheatland Electric broke ground on the new 30,000 square-foot building in September 2020 to centralize operations in the central district and better serve the Great Bend community. The facility officially opened August 18, 2021.

The brick building features both a walk-in customer-service lobby and drive-up window, boasts an outdoor green space with working fossil-free energy sources — a wind-generator, a solar generator, and battery storage — and is irrigated with a water recovery system. A publicly accessible electric vehicle level 2 charging station was added in December.

About Us

Our Mission: Delivering Energy for Life–Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member owned distribution cooperative headquartered in Scott City, KS, was established in 1948 as a distribution and power cooperative in the state of Kansas. Today, Wheatland Electric serves more than 33,000 electric meters in 14 Kansas counties and three Colorado counties and maintains over 4,000 miles of distribution power lines across southwest and central Kansas and eastern Colorado. Together, with the help of our members, we are committed to building a better and stronger rural America. Visit www.weci.net for more information.