Public UtilitiesWest River Electric Cooperative (WREA) is a non-profit electric cooperative. Their mission is "To provide safe, reliable, efficient, and reasonably priced electricity and services while leading in the development of our community for the well-being of our members." They put this mission into action with all the work they do making sure your lights go on, your homes are either nice and toasty or cool and comfortable, and all your electronic gadgets fire up on demand. Not to mention making sure your business/attraction has dependable energy at a reasonable cost so that you can provide great service to your customers.West River Electric Association serves customers in Pennington, Meade, Haakon, Ziebach, Jackson and Shannon counties, and has provided great service since 1940. In all, its distribution system covers an area of 4,500 square miles in western South Dakota.