EXCEED MEMBER EXPECTATIONS IN EVERYTHING WE DO Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc., a not-for-profit electric cooperative, was ... formed in 1938 under the provisions of the United States Rural Electrification Act and incorporated under the provisions of the Texas Electric Cooperative Corporation Act. Like other co-ops, we operate under seven guiding cooperative principles and were born out of the need for electricity in South Texas. Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc. (EC) provides service to over 18,000 members with more than 31,000 meters and over 9,500 miles of line throughout a 10,750 square-mile region in the Texas counties of: Atascosa, Brooks, Dimmitt, Duval, Edwards, Frio, Jim Hogg, Kinney, LaSalle, McMullen, Medina, Real, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala Medina EC is governed by a nine person, member-elected board of directors. read more