For 80 years our goal has always been and always will be to provide the very best possible service at the very least possible cost.
Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative was founded in September of 1937 as a result of the rural Electrification Act of 1935. In the 1930's Americans were beginning to recover from the Great Depression. The Rural Electrification Act of 1935 was signed by President Roosevelt as part of the "New Deal" establishing the Rural Electrification Administration, or REA, as a government agency. President Roosevelt saw the need for Rural homes and farms to have electricity regardless of the fact that the Investor Owned Utilities refused to serve those homes.
Since many rural residents could not afford the cost to electrify their homes, the REA allowed the farmers and ranchers who lived on those homes the opportunity to band together and borrow money for the government to start their own electric cooperative. Eventually, electric cooperatives began popping up across the country electrifying the homes that once stood in the dark.
The idea for GCEC was born in those early days. In 1936, an unofficial meeting was held in Celina to discuss the possibility of starting a co-op in Grayson and Collin counties. From that meeting farmers started collecting signatures and membership fees from their neighbors. On September 29, 1937 Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative was incorporated and held its first meeting at a local bank in Van Alstyne.
Since that first meeting in 1937, GCEC has always sought to serve its members in the best way possible. Though the service area and demographics have changed over the years, one thing will always remain the same: to provide the very best possible service at the very least possible cost.
We have an amazing team focused on serving the members of GCEC.
David
McGinnis
CEO / General Manager
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Mike
Rolandt
Chief Financial Officer
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Bruce
Stevens
Chief Operating Officer
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Tracy
Begley
Manager of Inside Operations
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Michael
Lauer
Manager of Business Development
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Megan
McGinnis
Manager of Human Resources
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Will
McGinnis
Manager of Business Development
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Savanna
Chandler
Manager of Communications
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Jeff
Smith
Manager of Information & Technology
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Dorenda
Head
Manager of Capital Credits
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Jason
Sprowl
Manager of Safety and Loss Control
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Doug
Yates
Manager of Underground Construction
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Marty
Jones
Manager of Operations
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Keith
Simco
Manager of Operations
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Eddy
Reece
Manager of Substations
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Tyler
DeBey
Electrical Engineer
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