HWE announces payment of second largest dividend

High West Energy, a local not-for-profit electric utility serving western Nebraska, northern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming, recently announced the payment of approximately $1.5 million in patronage capital dividends. This is the second largest dividend in the cooperative’s 75 years of being in business.

According to Brian Heithoff, general manager for HWE, “High West Energy is proud to provide a dividend to current and former members. The benefits of being a member of a cooperative is that our members — whether home owners, ranchers or businesses — share in our profits and therefore that m...