Electric cooperatives were created to serve the best interests of their member-owners, and that's exactly what Sam Houston Electric Cooperative does. In the 1930s, the vast rural areas of America did not have access to the wonders of electricity. Sam Houston EC’s original founders first met on Aug. 27, 1938, in Polk County to plan their cooperative. On May 16, 1939, they received a charter from th
e State of Texas, and Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Inc. The Co-op began construction of its first power lines, 243 miles long, on Jan. 15, 1940, which would serve 661 members in Polk, San Jacinto, Walker and Liberty Counties. Today, Sam Houston EC maintains 6,000 miles of line serving more than 57,000 members in parts of 10 counties. Facebook Policy
Sam Houston Electric Cooperative is dedicated to increasing value to members by achieving and sustaining: a strong safety culture; consistent reliability improvement; service excellence; financial stewardship; and a strategy for the future. Since Sam Houston EC is a not-for-profit electric cooperative owned by our consumer-members, we would love to hear what you have to say. As you're interacting with us via Facebook, we ask that you please keep a few things in mind. Out of respect for others, please be polite and courteous. Name-calling, arguments, profanity, discrimination, etc. will not be tolerated. If you have a comment to make, please make sure that your conversation stays on topic and is relevant—we reserve the right to remove off-topic, spam, or promotional postings. Also, please remember that our Page is a place for you to ask questions and share your opinion. This is not the appropriate place to report an outage or submit a service request. To report an outage, please call 888-444-1207. To submit a service request, please visit https://www.samhouston.net/contact/request or call us at 800-458-0381. Additionally, because of privacy laws, we cannot discuss a member’s bill and/or account on a social media website. Please give us a call at 800-458-0381 or submit a request through your mySamHouston account, and we’ll be happy to discuss any questions you might have. We reserve the right to remove content posted to the Cooperative's page that violates any of these guidelines or is deemed unnecessary or inappropriate by Sam Houston EC officials.
