Be involved with helping high school seniors reach their education goals by donating spare change from your electric bill to Operation Round Up. When you become a SEMO Electric member, you are automatically enrolled in the program. As a participant, your monthly bill will be “rounded up” to the next highest dollar. For example, if your bill is $110.70, you will pay $111. The additional 30 cents goes directly to the Operation Round Up fund.

Your monthly donation may be as little as one penny or as much as 99 cents. Participating members contribute an average of $6 per year. And your donations are tax deductible.

All of the funds collected through Operation Round Up are awarded to eligible high school seniors who attend school in the SEMO Electric service area. Awards are decided by a nine-member panel of Cooperative members who volunteer their time to oversee the program. Applications will be reviewed once a year.

In 2008, the SEMO Electric Foundation awarded one time $2,000 scholarships to 21 graduating high school seniors in Southeast Missouri.

You can choose not to participate in Operation Round Up at any time. Simply call our customer service department and request to be removed.