A SUPPLEMENT TO OKLAHOMA LIVING
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LIVEWIRE AUGUST 2011 | VOLUME 62 I SSUE 8 |
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For high school students who go above and beyond in their community, the Electrifying Student of the Month award is a great way to recognize their efforts. In this issue, we also touch on
the safety hazards posed by signs and other objects on utility poles. We ask all members to be aware that even something as small as a garage sale sign can present a threat to the safety of our lineworkers. Billing Specialist Julie Wayman
is this month’s featured team player. Learn about the role she plays in ensuring you receive timely, accurate bills on page three. Speaking of bills, July and
August statements are likely to be higher than usual due to this summer’s extreme temperatures. For example, the temperature exceeded 90 degrees for 25 of 30 days in June. The cooperative issued a news release to area media on July 7 to alert members their bills may be high. Read about ways to save on our website at
www.tri-countyelectric.coop.
Sincerely, Jack L. Perkins Chief Executive Officer PUBLISHED FOR MEMBERS OF TRI-COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPER ATIVE
Students Reap Rewards of Cooperative’s Dedication to Youth in its Communities
and were awarded $100 Visa gift cards. Students in every school district the cooperative serves reaped the rewards of grants the cooperative gave to each school in February. Administrators were able to choose how to allocate the funds depending on their school’s individual needs. Every year, the cooperative promotes literacy by teaming up with local Rotary Clubs to provide every third grader in its service territory with a Scholastic Children’s Dictionary they use for years to come. Oklahoma schools also benefit from the state’s gross receipts tax collected by the
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cooperative. In 2010, Panhandle schools received more than $1.3 million from the tax. The state gross receipts tax is paid by all electric cooperatives in Oklahoma based on the amount of energy sold and goes directly to the school districts where the taxes are collected. The chart below shows the dollars received by each district in 2010. School District Balko
Boise City Guymon
Yarbrough (Texas County) Hooker
Turpin (Beaver County) Beaver Felt
Hardesty Keyes
Texhoma Forgan
Plainview Goodwell Straight
Turpin (Texas County) Tyrone Optima
Yarbrough (Cimarron County) TOTAL
Miles of Line 470.047 458.444 453.129 382.206 368.181 323.205 277.892 251.606 237.222 225.925 222.182 213.389 201.184 191.631 168.671 119.950 93.067 78.391 29.037 4,777
Dollars Contributed $129,140.17 $125,952.37 $124,492.14 $105,006.83 $101,153.62 $88,796.97 $76,347.73 $69,125.94 $65,174.10 $62,070.37 $61,042.02 $58,626.25 $55,273.06 $52,648.48 $46,340.47 $32,954.92 $25,569.12 $21,537.05 $7,977.59
$1,309,229.20 (continued on page 2)
even local students received trips and scholarships this spring courtesy of Tri-County Electric Cooperative. Another seven high school students were recognized as Electrifying Students of the Month during the 2010-2011 school year
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