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Let KEC Incentives Help You Save!
Kay Electric Cooperative (KEC) wants to encourage members to make their homes more energy efficient. KEC energy efficiency incentives can help you increase the level of insulation in your home and reduce the cost associated with installing an energy efficient heat pump or electric water heater.
KEC offers the following incentive rebates:
Attic Insulation: Kay Electric pays 50 percent of installing additional insulation up to $500.
Heat Pump: KEC offers a rebate of $1,050/ton (up to 5 ton max) on closed loop ground source heat pumps (GSHP) (15.5 EER/3.03 COP) and open loop GSHP systems (18.8 EER/3.6 COP).
Water Heaters: Rebates up to $300 on natural gas conversion to electric systems, new or additional installations, and new mobile home units.
For complete details and rebate forms, please visit www.kayelectric. coop or call KEC at 800-535-1070.
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Please read your newsletter carefully. If you spot your account number hidden in these pages, please contact Kay Electric immediately to claim a $25 credit on your electric bill. If no account numbers are claimed, the prize money will carry over to the next month for a maximum bill credit of $50.
800-535-1079
contact@kayelectric.coop 2 • January 2017 • The Cooperator
quail hunting. I always looked forward to getting outdoors with my dad and hopefully shooting a few birds. Now that I’m older, I truly appreciate my rural upbringing.
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Fortunately, my career in the rural electric industry has allowed me to continue living in this wonderfully diverse state. As Oklahomans, we have a lot of reasons to be thankful and to feel proud of this place we call home.
Within the rural electric industry alone, Oklahomans
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Remembering the Past Embracing the Future
rowing up in far western Oklahoma, this time of year meant colder weather and
to live and work on the land, offering top quality services where other utilities would not attempt to go, mainly due to the sparse territory and lack of meter density.
By Tim Rodriguez, CEO kay electric cooperative
have played an influential role at both the state and federal levels. When the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 opened the door for the countryside to be electrified, it was Oklahoma tenacious farmers and ranchers who forged ahead to organize our first electric cooperatives. In many cases, these same individuals also built the first lines.
Perhaps you know of a past family member or neighbor who plugged the first poles in the ground to build your cooperative. That generation showed what it means when one says, “Tell me it can’t be done, and I’ll show it can.” That’s the kind of spirit that built our cooperatives.
Some say that electric cooperatives have served their purpose and should now operate like the big, for-profit utilities. I believe the cooperative model still works and provides a way for people to live and work in a rural community. Our business model is not designed to increase dividends to stockholders and grow the value of stock. Our model is to provide an essential service to people desiring
While cooperatives remain committed to the original purpose established by the Rural Electrification Act, many co-ops—Kay Electric included—no longer require federal financing through the Rural Utility Service (RUS), which was formerly the Rural Electrification Administration (REA). Kay Electric refinanced their RUS debt with the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (NRUCFC)
nearly twenty years ago. NRUCFC was organized in 1967 by electric cooperatives to provide another source of non-government financing. They are an excellent partner to rural electric cooperatives and have always been there for Kay Electric during times of need.
With today’s ever-changing technologies, Kay Electric member-consumers have options available to them that our grandparents could never imagine. As your co-op, we attempt to stay on top of rapid changes and advancements in the industry by staying true to the values of our past. If you, as members, have ideas about ways to energize your home or suggestions on how today’s technologies could enhance your quality of life in the country, please let us know.
Kay Electric has been here for you since 1937, operated by the members with truly local control. We intend to be here for another 80 years and beyond. Thank you for your patronage and have a wonderful and safe winter. ■
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