Patrick Wood, communications manager for Co-Mo Connect Powered by Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, recently earned four national awards recognizing creative educational resources he developed to teach children about electricity, electrical safety, and the cooperative difference. Wood received two Gold Hermes Creative Awards from the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals (AMCP) for his books, Cat & Duck and the Electric Cooperative and Cat & Duck Electric Safety

Update at 4:30 PM 7/10/26: Only 17 members remain without power as our linemen finish up the final restoration efforts. Our mutual aid crews have now headed home, and we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to each of them for answering the call and helping our members. Their support, alongside the hard work of our own linemen and employees, made a tremendous difference! ————— Update at 1:45 PM 7/11/26: Our linemen and mutual aid crews continue working to restore the remainin

Update at 2 AM 7/7/26: This is the moment our linemen, mutual aid crews and everyone across Co-Mo who has supported outage restoration efforts since July 4 have been working toward. Every outage from this weekend’s storms has now been restored. This certainly wasn’t how we would have planned our Independence Day weekend, but Mother Nature doesn’t always ask our opinion. A huge thank you to our linemen, our mutual aid partners, every Co-Mo employee who supported this massive r