Kit Carson electric cooperative, A history of great service…

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) is a member-owned Electric Distribution Cooperative serving Taos, Colfax and Rio Arriba Counties since 1944. For the past seventy-five years, KCEC has been providing electricity to its over 29,000 members. Through employment opportunities, KCEC, its division – Kit Carson Internet and its subsidiary – Kit Carson Energy, Inc., the coop supports approximately 125 families.

KCEC has been a community leader in economic development for decades. In the 1990s, the electrical deregulation movement brought unprecedented changes to the utility industry which opened the door for KCEC to offer new infrastructure services such as propane and internet. KCEC first established wireless internet than with the help of an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant, built over 2900 miles of fiber optic line for high-speed internet and phone services.