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new business Proposed Bylaw Amendments


Members will vote on the following amendments at the CEC Annual Meeting on September 24, 2016.


NOTE: Proposed changes to the bylaws are printed in red and blue, below. If approved by a majority of CEC members, text in red will be added to the CEC bylaws. Text in blue will be deleted.


SECTION 1.06 PURCHASE OF ELECTRIC POWER AND ENERGY.


A. Each Member shall, as soon as electric energy service shall be available, purchase from the Cooperative all electric energy used on the premises specified in the Application for Service and Membership, except in such cases as a Member may have interconnected his/her own generation resource with the Cooperative, and shall pay therefore at rates which shall be fixed by the Board. Each Member shall pay all amounts owed to the Cooperative as and when the same shall become due and payable.


B. Power Production by Member. Te Cooperative shall use its best efforts to furnish its members with adequate and dependable electric service, although it cannot, and therefore does not, guarantee a continuous and uninterrupted supply of electricity.thereof; and each member, for so long as such premises are owned or directly occupied or used by him, shall purchase from the Cooperative all central station electric power and energy for use on all premises to which electric service has been furnished by the Cooperative pursuant to his membership, unless and except to the extent that the Board of Trustees may in writing waive such requirement, and shall pay therefore at the time, and in accordance with the rules, regulations, and rate schedules. Production or use of electric energy on such premises, regardless of the source thereof, by means of facilities which shall be interconnected with Cooperative facilities, shall be subject to appropriate regulations as shall be fixed from time to time by the Cooperative, Each member shall also pay all other amounts owed by him to the Cooperative as and when they become due and payable.


C. In an effort to promote renewable energy, the Cooperative shall, at minimum,


1. Credit the Member for any/all excess kilowatt-hours at the retail rate.


2. Allow any/all excess kilowatt-hours to be credited to the next billing period for 12 months.


3. Allow the Member to designate the starting month of the 12-month billing period.


SECTION 1.10 MEMBERS RIGHTS.


Members gain their rights based on the Cooperative principles of democracy and the Member/Owner status. I. “Access to information”


As member/owners, members shall have access to information relevant to the business of the Cooperative with the exception of (i) information that is confidential by law, (ii) any contractual business handled in an executive session, or (iii) any information that if released may otherwise cause the Board of Trustees to breach their fiduciary duty to the Cooperative and/or its members. Information shall be supplied to Members through methods including website postings, mailings, requested viewing and/or printed copies within 3 business days, special informational meetings, news releases distributed to industry publications, and news media. Subject to the limitations set forth above, information provided to Members shall include, but not be limited to, the following:


A. Board Meeting schedule;


B. Agenda of any official meeting within five (5) business days prior to the meeting; C. Approved Minutes of any official meeting within fiſteen (15) business days following approval;


D. Bylaws, Board of Trustee policies, Service rules and other policies and regulations.


E. Financial reports and audits;


F. Business agreements and contracts not deemed confidential by law or non public confidential; G. Rate Schedules; H. Billing history for the member requesting the information;


I. Monies paid to Attorneys in fees and other payments, only when the legal contractual period (annual or by case) is concluded;


J. Trustee compensations, payments, per diems, travel expenses and receipts for training and meetings; and


K. Member list (Names only); member request with a clear intent and purpose to give information to district members in support of democracy. (Example; Trustee election candidates to know district members and/or a removal petition.)


12 • CEC Annual Report


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