Connection Northeast
Membership matters B
Dandy Risman Board
President Being a member matters. Northeast Oklahoma
Electric Cooperative doesn’t exist to make profits for distant investors on Wall Street. We exist to provide you with safe, reliable, and affordable electric service—and doing so in a way that raises the quality of life in our communities. Because electric co-ops operate on a not-for-profit basis, they have no need to increase revenues above what it takes to run the business in a financially sound manner. This structure helps keep your electric bill affordable.
Membership also matters because electric co-ops care about improving the quality of life in the areas they serve. From sponsoring the scoreboard at the high school football stadium or helping a local senior citizens center make facility improvements, Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative invests in local communities where you live and work.
Membership matters because it entitles you to certain benefits like free energy audits that help you find ways to lower your electricity use, or college scholarships for your children. You receive this newsletter because you’re a member of an electric cooperative that wants you to stay in touch with important co-op news and events. The Co-op Connections® card even gives you discounts from national chain retailers and restaurants and local stores in your community. Check out
www.connections.coop to find discounts in your neighborhood.
Membership matters because you have a voice and a vote in how your co-op is
governed. Through democratic control, members like you elected me and others from our co-op to serve on the board of trustees. Control stays in local hands. Your board of trustees, along with those who work for your co-op, are your friends and neighbors. Membership matters because you receive returns on your investment in your co-op. Electric co-ops aim to operate at-cost, so any excess revenues, or margins, are returned to members in the form of capital credits, based on their electric use. The bottom line: Membership matters because you matter to your electric
cooperative.
Northeast Connection monthly as an effective means of communicating news, information and innovative thinking that enhances
Communications Specialist Clint Branham
y and large, we don’t get to choose who provides our electric service. Folks on opposite sides of the road may be served by different electric providers— some by a stockholder-driven investor-owned utility, others a city-owned municipal electric system or an electric cooperative. There are major differences in these entities. Your electric provider is Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative—a not-for-profit electric cooperative owned by you and your fellow members.
Every home or business that receives power from an electric cooperative—18 million in 47 states, to be exact—owns a portion of the utility. As a result, anyone who receives cooperative electric service becomes a member and consumer, not a customer. Across the nation, electric co-ops serve more than 42 million people.
Vinita headquarters:
Business hours:
1-800-256-6405
If you contact us to report service issues or discuss your account, please use the
Inc.
President Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Asst. Secretary-Treasurer
Sharron Gay
District 6
NEOEC Management Team Rick Shurtz Interim General Manager/ Manager of Operations
Susanne Frost
Cindy Hefner
January 2012
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