What would life be like without electric co-ops?
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Northeast Connection is published monthly to communicate with the members of Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative.
Offi cers and Trustees Cindy Hefner Manager of Public Rela ons
n the holiday movie classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the lead character, George Bailey (played by Jimmy Stewart), wishes he had never been born due to fi nancial troubles he is experiencing. Through the help of an Angel, he sees how many lives would have been nega vely aff ected if he didn’t exist. George comes to realize that, even with his problems, he has a wonderful life with great friends and family.
So what do you think life would be like if community leaders had not founded Northeast Oklahoma Electric Coopera ve 77 years ago?
Living in the U.S. in 2016, it is nearly impossible to imagine life without electricity. So many of our modern conveniences that improve the quality of our lives are dependent on electricity as the “fuel” to make them work. From the alarm clock that wakes us up, to the refrigerator that keeps our morning milk cold and fresh. From the HVAC unit that keeps us cool in the summer and warm in the winter, to the vacuum that lets us clean more effi ciently and all those kitchen appliances that save us me and physical energy. Of course, so much of our entertainment, whether it comes from the TV, radio or computer, depends on the kilowa -hours that your electric co-op provides. Just think, there would be no Super Bowl 50 watch par es if there were no electricity.
Businesses of all kinds rely on electricity to produce and sell the products we need. So, it is no wonder that many electric co-ops feel that, while our primary product is electricity, we are really in the quality of life business.
As we celebrate football’s biggest day, it is important to remember the 1.3 billion people in the world that s ll live without reliable electric service. That is equal to about four mes the U.S. popula on!
Many of the things we take for granted living in the U.S. are much harder and more me consuming for people in developing countries around the world. We are proud members of the Na onal Rural Electric Coopera ve Associa on (NRECA) that is working through their affi liate, NRECA Interna onal, and the NRECA Interna onal Founda on to help bring power to people in developing countries like Hai and Liberia. (h p://
www.nreca. coop/it-starts-with-power/)
We are thankful that our community ancestors right here had the vision and foresight to do for ourselves what needed to be done, gathering our friends and neighbors to form our electric co-op. As the electric business of the 21st century con nues to evolve, you can count on Northeast Oklahoma Electric Coopera ve to meet all of your electric energy needs. It is a wonderful life!
PRESIDENT - Dandy A. Risman, District 5 VICE PRESIDENT - John L. Myers, District 4
SECRETARY-TREASURER - Benny L. Seabourn, District 2
ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURER - Everett L. Johnston, District 3 Harold W. Robertson, District 1 Sharron Gay, District 6
James A. Wade, District 7 Bill R. Kimbrell, District 8 Jimmy Caudill, District 9
Management Team Anthony Due, General Manager
Larry Cisneros, P.E., Manager of Engineering Services Susanne Frost, Manager of Offi ce Services Cindy Hefner, Manager of Public Relations Tim Mixson, Manager of Operations
Connie Porter, Manager of Financial Services
Vinita headquarters: Four and a half miles east of Vinita on Highway 60/69 at 27039 South 4440 Road. Grove offi ce: 212 South Main.
Business hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Offi ces are closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Available 24 hours at: 1-800-256-6405
If you experience an outage: 1. Check your switch or circuit breaker in the house and on the meter pole to be sure the trouble is not on your side of the service.
2. When contacting the cooperative to report an outage, use the name as it appears on your bill, and have both your pole number and account
number ready.
Please direct all editorial inquiries to Communications Specialist Clint Branham at 800-256-6405 ext. 9340 or email
clint.branham@
neelectric.com.
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If you wish to fi le a Civil Rights program complaint of dis- crimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found on-line at
http://www.ascr.usda. gov/complaint_fi
ling_cust.html, or at any USDA offi ce, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information request- ed in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Offi ce of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Av- enue, S. W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at
program.intake@
usda.gov.
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