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Choctaw Electric Youth Tour winners William Sossamon, Logan Smith, Cara Blansett, and Mark Baze enjoy the sites in Washington, DC. The teens traveled to Washington in June to participate in the Rural Electric Youth Tour.
There’s more than one way to pay your electric bill
Choctaw Electric Cooperative (CEC) provides several convenient bill payment options and payment plans. For more details on any of our payment options, please contact your CEC billing representative at 800-780-6486, or visit
www.choctawelectric.coop.
Pay online at
www.choctawelectric.coop. Using our secure payment site you can also view your account history, check your account balance, energy usage and more.
Finding Savings for Poultry Farms CEC advisor is available to help poultry farms cut costs
Raising chickens, turkeys, quail, and other poultry is a business that requires electricity— a lot of it—and that use adds up on a farmer’s electric bill. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates 13 percent of a farm’s production expenses—direct and indirect—stem from energy costs.
Choctaw Electric Cooperative (CEC) wants to work with local growers to help them reduce their costs. Brad Kendrick, CEC poultry account advisor, is available 24/7 to help local growers find affordable energy solutions. Kendrick said growers can take advantage of CEC’s free energy audits, which will provide an on-site check of barns, lighting and equipment for problems that can lead to energy loss. To visit with Kendrick, call 800-780-6486, ext. 248.
In the meantime, here are five ways poultry growers can start saving today:
SEAL AIR LEAKS. Air flowing in and out of poultry houses leads to higher heating costs, litter caking, lower feed intake, lower feed conversion efficiencies, and smaller birds.
LIGHT UPGRADES: Replace incandescent bulbs with LEDs or CFLs in poultry houses. Before installing more efficient bulbs, check with your integrator and electrician to make sure LEDs and CFLs are permitted within your contract and meet adequate lighting levels.
RADIANT HEAT: When installed and managed properly, radiant heaters use between 15 percent and 30 percent less fuel than forced hot air heaters and pancake brooders.
INSULATE: Make sure you have proper insulation levels and coverage. Insulation helps regulate the temperature, reducing the need for supplemental heating and cooling.
CONTROL USE: Implement electronic controls for lighting and interior conditions such as temperature and humidity. Controllers can coordinate heating, cooling, ventilation, and lighting systems so they work in an integrated fashion.
Want more ways to save on the farm? Use the animal housing, irrigation, nitrogen, tillage, and grain drying energy calculators at
EnergyTools.sc.egov.usda.gov.
Budget Billing. With this option your energy usage is averaged over 11 months, helping you avoid seasonal high bills .
Automatic Payment Plan. Monthly bill payments are automatically withdrawn from your checking, savings, or credit card account.
After Hours Payments. Choctaw Electric offers a drive through window and/or payment drop box at CEC office locations in Hugo, Idabel and Antlers.
Authorized Payment Locations. Pay your bill at any of the following locations Monday through Friday during regular office hours.
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First Bank & Trust, Idabel
McCurtain Co. National Bank, Idabel Choctaw Electric Cooperative, Idabel Idabel National Bank, Idabel First Bank, Antlers
Ameri State Bank, Antlers
Choctaw Electric Cooperative, Antlers First National Bank, Broken Bow First Bank and Trust, Broken Bow McCurtain Co. National Bank, Broken Bow Shamrock Bank, Clayton
Choctaw Electric Cooperative, Hugo First Bank, Hugo
First Bank and Trust, Hochatown First State Bank, Valliant
McCurtain Co. National Bank, Valliant First Bank and Trust, Wright City
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