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Management and Staff  Terry Matlock


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” “Forget it, Roy,” the boss said. “We’re short-handed as it is. I can’t let you go tomorrow.” Roy nodded. “Thanks. I knew I could count on you.”


plus tax, and yard lights or any other charges. That’s about 10 cents per kwh plus additional costs. The thing is, most folks in 1942 used only 30 kwh or so per month. Today, the average consumer uses about 1,500 kwh per month.


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At Choctaw Electric Cooperative we talk about keeping electricity affordable, and while we do try hard, it is expensive. Stranded costs—the cost to the railroad for moving coal to coal-fired plants, pipeline costs to deliver natural gas for gas-fired plants, EPA standards that increase the cost of generation—these costs are outside the control of anyone and can’t be fully understood or anticipated.


At Choctaw Electric Cooperative we accept the obligation to provide the best service possible at the lowest price possible. We are trying to continue to improve the quality of life in rural America, which is the sole reason co-ops exist and the


door. “Boss, I need tomorrow off. My wife wants to clean the whole house, and she needs me to move the furniture and rearrange things and climb the ladder to reach the high spots.


No day off


BY TERRY MATLOCK Chief Executive Officer


Thoughts on electric rates 1942 compared to 2012


n 1942 CEC offered consumer-owners 30 kilowatt-hours (kwh) for only $3 per month


very root of the program. We take great pride in bringing electricity to the places and people that others refuse to serve.


We understand that we must live up to the reputation that comes with our cooperative mission. We understand our weaknesses and work each day to improve upon them. Yet, we also recognize that we have strengths that are exemplified every day.


Sometimes it’s best to forget the past, but I’d like you to remember it. Remember the way it used to be; then join with us as we look toward a future of providing the best service we can at the lowest possible cost.


Whether we are cutting hay, row crop farming or whatever it might be that we do, we have to have the proper equipment and manpower to achieve the purpose.


I mentioned earlier that in 1942 it cost 10 cents, plus those stranded costs for electricity from CEC. Well today, it still cost about 10 cents plus stranded costs.


The difference is the way we live—air conditioning, lights in every room, and every corner outside. Freezers and refrigerators instead of the old ice-box. Clocks, hair dryers and flat irons, televisions in every room, and not those little 19-inch sets, either. Anyway, we live differently but expect the same. We want the services of being in town but freedom of living in the country.


The other evening while checking the cows, my wife noticed two cows on their knees reaching under the fence to eat the grass while in knee high grass while standing. She said, “The grass really does look greener on the other side of the fence.”


I prefer living in the country where there’s space, not in town with houses five feet apart. It may look greener over there at times, but like my forefathers and probably yours too, I live where I live because it’s my choice, and I’m willing to accept the responsibility for doing so.


Roy knocked on his supervisor’s


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