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Board of Trustees


Rusty Grissom, President Frank Wilson, Vice Pres. Verle Barnes, Sec.-Treas. Jim Martin, Asst. Sec.-Treas. Mike Argo


Percy Moreu Ronnie Grover John Jensen Bob Usry


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Oklahoma Electric Cooperative 321-2024, FAX 405-217-6900 http://www.okcoop.org OECNews@okcoop.org


Co-op Manager .............................Max Meek Editor .........................................Brianna Wall


Oklahoma Electric Co-op News is


published monthly by Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, 242 24th Ave. NW, Norman, OK 73069, (USPS-865-700). Subscription rates: $6.00 per year for non-members, 50¢ per year for members. Periodical postage paid at Norman, OK and other additional mailing offi ces. POSTMASTER: Please send form 3579


to: Oklahoma Electric Co-op News, PO Box 1208, Norman, OK 73070.


From the top MAX MEEK, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Electricity remains a good value


able to make it out to the Lloyd Noble Center for your complimentary barbecue dinner, registration giſt s and the fantastic entertainment—OEC’s own District Lineman Danny Watters played alongside his band, the Graystone Bluegrass Revival. It was a night fi lled with


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Hidden Account Number Worth $100


Each month, OEC will pay $25 to the


co-op member who locates his or her hidden account number inside the Co-op News that month. (T e hidden account number will be placed at random within the text of each issue and not on the mailing label.) Unclaimed prize money rolls over each month until there is a winner. Remember the contest rules as you read


the Co-op News each month: 1. T e Hidden Account Number must be your own. 2. You must advise OEC by phone, mail or in person at the co-op’s offi ce by the 15th of the month.


If you fi nd your account number call the Member Services department at 217-6708.


family fun and lots of laughs thanks to CFL Charlie and his new friend, LED Lucy. If you attended, thank you for coming out and taking an active role in your co-op. We hope you enjoyed your evening.


On a diff erent note,


ell, folks, we made it through another successful Annual Meeting. I hope you were


account—granted, a hot summer day and a cold winter day, if you have electric heat, are exceptions. However, $3.58 will hardly buy a gallon of milk, much less a cup of premium coff ee. At times, it won’t even buy a gallon of gas. My wife and I went





When we see what infl ation has done to the costs of our staple foods, our favorite morning


did you see the graphic we posted on our Facebook page in July comparing the price of electricity at $3.58 per day to the price of a Big Mac® meal? I’d like to expand on that idea for a moment, as it remains a true statement electricity is still a good value. When we look at what infl ation has


done to the costs of our staple foods, our favorite morning beverages and our gasoline prices, we will notice the price of electricity has been mostly immune to it. T e average daily cost of power is $3.58 for a residential


beverages and our gasoline prices...we will notice the price of electricity


has been mostly immune to it.


equipment, businesses, street lights, etc., but, we also depend on electricity for comfort. Rest assured we will continue to do everything we can to keep electricity at its aff ordable rate. You, too, have the power to keep





rates aff ordable. See page 14 for ways you can take action in regards to the constant battle on Capitol Hill over coal-generated electricity. Success will happen when we all do our part.


to a movie theater a few weeks ago and paid over $10 each for movie tickets. Aſt er snacks and sodas, we dropped nearly $50 for a night out with only two hours of entertainment. Did you know a 55-inch plasma TV costs only $27.25 in electricity to operate per year? T at’s hundreds of hours of entertainment at a fraction of what a movie ticket costs. LED TVs are even more inexpensive to operate on a yearly basis. Electricity is a necessity.


We need it to run our refrigerators, medical


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