The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC) is a statewide association created and voluntarily supported by local electric distribution and generation & transmission cooperatives. OAEC is comprised of 30 member systems: 27 distribution electric cooperatives (two of which are headquartered in Arkansas) and 3 generation & transmission electric cooperatives (one of which is headquartered in Texas). OAEC was established in 1942 to serve as a unified voice for electric co-ops and to collectively perform services which would not be economical or practical for each individual cooperative to perform alone. The purpose of OAEC’s social media pages is two-fold: 1) To help connect members of Oklahoma's electric cooperatives with each other in ways related to our mission of powering lives and empowering communities and 2) To educate and inform the general public, legislators, emergency responders, media, and civic groups on the role and purpose of electric cooperatives. Our social media presence will reflect our cooperatives’ commitment to provide safe, reliable, affordable and environmentally sustainable energy to every consumer-member while investing in the communities they serve. We welcome and encourage your comments. To keep the discussion in the cooperative spirit, we have developed guidelines for our social media followers. Please note OAEC reserves the right to remove any post we feel does not support the values described in the guidelines offered below. The following types of comments are discouraged and may be removed at any time at the discretion of OAEC management:
• Any post we believe to be inappropriate, rude, offensive, or that contains vulgar language or personal attacks of any kind;
• Any comments related to local Oklahoma electric co-op governance or issues (such as electric bills, personnel, or local board elections) – those types of comments are better addressed directly with the specific local co-op. While OAEC management may at any time work with an electric cooperative member-system to relay consumer concerns or questions expressed on our social media pages, please note OAEC is not a regulatory body;
• Unsolicited advertising and comments that include advertising links to other sites; advocating illegal activity, promoting particular services, products, political or advocacy organizations, or that infringe on copyrights or trademarks;
• Those who repeatedly post inappropriate content will be blocked from commenting on this page;
• Please don't post information about local electric outages - those should be directed to your local electric co-op for timely response;
• OAEC WILL NOT publish or promote political ads nor will OAEC endorse candidates running for public office. OAEC reserves the right to delete any and all posts made by OAEC social media followers that endorse and/or promote political candidates;
• OAEC may, from time to time, publish content related to current elected officials who are not running for office at the time of publication;
• Likes, follows and interactions are not endorsements. OAEC is neither responsible for the content nor endorses any site which has a link to or from this page;
• Please do not post any personal information. You risk your own security and privacy. OAEC cannot guarantee that private information shared on social media pages will be protected;
• Please note OAEC’s social media pages are not monitored 24/7, 365 days of the year. While staff strives to keep a watchful eye on all social media interactions, there may be occasions that responses will be delayed outside of normal business hours. We want you to find our OAEC social media pages to be a fun, engaging, informational and interactive experience. Thank you for abiding by these guidelines and for following OAEC’s social media platforms.
