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Northfork Sparks & Flashes Supplement to Oklahoma Living 13 March


Co-op Outgrows Headquarters Growing Pains!


CONTENTS PAGE 2


We’re Producing a 75th Anniversary Cookbook!


PAGE 3


Family Favorite Meal Recipes


PAGE 4 Stay Away from


Power Lines during Spring Chores


Refresh Your Home with Task Lighting


by Scott Copeland NFEC General Manager


Rapid growth can sometimes be a problem for


an organization…but it is a good problem for your Cooperative to have. Over a nine year period, the energy (kilowatt-hour or kWh) sales and the total demand (measured in kW) for our system have both grown by over 120 percent! The construction work to increase the capacity of our distribution system and the addition of new lines is reflected in the growth of our total utility plant from a value of $23,427,478 in 2004 to $44,024,889 at the close of 2012. That’s an increase of 88 percent in nine years and there is no indication that it is going to slow down anytime soon.


This sustained growth has brought about many changes at NFEC. Most obvious has been the aggressive construction of more, as well as bigger, power lines. We have more construction crews than we did in 2004. It has also affected the look of our organizational chart. The implementation of automated meter reading, electronic switching and SCADA controls, etc., has created new jobs that didn’t even exist nine years ago, changing the look of our organization considerably, In 2004, we had 29 full-time employees. At the close of 2012, we had 35.


Our growth has brought us to the point of necessity in making another investment in the future of the Cooperative.


Our headquarters facility has remained at the same location on Sayre’s Main Street where the Cooperative began its mission back in 1938.


The original building was expanded as the Cooperative grew and was later modified for use as a warehouse and linemen facility in 1977 when the current office building was constructed. For the past 35 years, the newer building has housed all offices of the organization except for the materials management and metering departments, which are located in the warehouse facility. A shop building for fleet and equipment maintenance built in the late 1950s is also still in use today. We also have two pole and material storage yards off-site; the main yard in Sayre, and also a satellite location in Reydon. As the Cooperative has grown, we have modified and improvised to the point that we have exhausted all possible options in being able to continue to operate efficiently from our existing facilities. Almost four years ago, the Board of Trustees recognized the need to address mounting concerns regarding our existing facilities. A committee was formed to work with management in identifying potential solutions. A reputable architectural firm was secured to advise us as we searched for the best options to address our facility issues. The process has been thorough and deliberate with the goal of bringing to the Board a recommendation of a plan for a facility that will best address the needs of the Cooperative today and well into the future. As always, when the Board conducts the business of the Cooperative, you, as member-owners, are the focus of their concern.


Inadequate space for offices, employee training facilities, warehouse and materials


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