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November 2014


SWRE Serves In Two States Southwest Rural Electric is somewhat unique among


cooperatives in that we serve members in two states – Texas and Oklahoma. There are, of course, a few cooperatives that have members in multiple states, but our membership and sales is approximately an equal split between the two states. The SWRE Board is composed of nine directors, five from Oklahoma and four from Texas. Our cooperative is incorporated in Oklahoma, but we interact with both the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and the Public Utility Corpo- ration of Texas.


SWRE actively works with both the Texas and Oklahoma state legislatures as well as the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C. Southwest Rural Electric is also an active member of both statewide organizations – the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC) in Oklahoma City and the Texas Electric Cooperatives (TEC) in Austin. The statewide boards of each state are organized somewhat differ- ently.


In Oklahoma, two representatives of each of the 28 distribution cooperatives like SWRE and two genera- tion and transmission cooperatives like WFEC all meet together in Oklahoma City at the OAEC offices. So there are 60 members plus statewide staff at every Oklahoma statewide board meeting. Both directors and managers serve on the OAEC Board as well as various state-level committees. Don Proctor (District 3) and I represent SWRE on the Oklahoma statewide board. In Texas, representation is a little different. Since the number of distribution and generation cooperatives in Texas is more than double that of Oklahoma, bringing all the participants together each month in one place is just not practical. Therefore, Texas is divided into seven regional groups. Each one of the regional groups


Holiday Closing


SWRE offices will be closed for Thanksgiv- ing Holidays on Thursday, November 27, and Friday, November 28.


As always, service calls will be answered on those days. Members may call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to report outages.


1-800-256-7973 Best Wishes for a


Wonderful Thanksgiving from Employees and Staff


Southwest Rural Electric Cooperative


by Mike R. Hagy


appoints a member cooperative of their group to represent them on the Texas statewide board. The groups also appoint representatives from each group for the various state-level committees. Using this format, each committee at the state level has seven members and the statewide board has seven members as well.


Each of those representatives attends those meet- ings and reports back to the group they represent. SWRE is a part of Group IV, which represents eight cooperatives in North Central Texas. Those coopera- tives meet monthly to receive reports from committees and the TEC Board representative. Our group presently meets each month in Abilene. After serving on Texas state-level committees as well as the Secretary of Group IV, it is my honor to repre- sent the cooperatives of Group IV on the Texas state- wide board. The TEC Board meets in Austin each month.


Serving on the statewide boards in both Oklahoma


and Texas is challenging, but our cooperative benefits from the exposure and information gained from both states. We also benefit from the mutual aid agreements from two states during storms that allow SWRE to call on both Texas and Oklahoma resources. It is true that sometimes our two state identities may involve more meetings and possible regulations, but I truly enjoy working with members and cooperatives from both states. Our unique relationship with both states allows us to continue to support our vision of safety, service, and satisfaction – one (Oklahoma or Texas) member at a time!


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