Loyal Connec ons
Concern for Community is the last of our seven cooperative principles
L
oyalty is a prized virtue—to country, family, even the schools we a end. We keep those
es strong throughout our lives, myself included: I s ll don my Claremore Zebra stripes every now and then.
We at Northeast Oklahoma Electric Coopera ve also have loyal es, to the members and communi es we serve. We have deep connec ons here because this corner of Oklahoma is our home, and you are our neighbor.
When you signed up for service with Northeast Oklahoma Electric, you became a member, not a customer—because each of our approximately 28,000 consumer-members owns a por on of the u lity.
Cindy Hefner Manager of Public Rela ons
Northeast Connection is published monthly to communicate with the members of Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative.
Offi cers and Trustees
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
That means we care about improving the quality of life in the areas we serve. From construc ng a recrea onal area in a local community to straightening light poles on a baseball fi eld to sponsoring student eff orts in 4-H and FFA, Northeast Oklahoma Electric invests in the places where you live and work.
As a coopera ve, Northeast Oklahoma Electric doesn’t exist to make profi ts for distant investors on Wall Street. We exist to provide you with safe, reliable, and aff ordable electric service—and doing so in a way that makes things be er for future genera ons. Because electric co-ops operate on a not-for-profi t basis, we have no need to increase revenues above what it takes to run our business in a fi nancially sound manner. This structure helps keep your electric bills aff ordable.
We take our jobs seriously, but we also take our community roles seriously, too. That’s why we off er scholarships to college-bound students, and send four high school juniors to Washington, D.C., every summer to learn about history and government.
We don’t par cipate in these ac vi es simply because it’s nice to do, or even the right thing to do. We do it because we remain loyal to our members, our neighbors, our home—and a mission to make life be er in the areas we serve.
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.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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.
Employees take a break a er construc ng a playground in Spavinaw. August 2015 - 3
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