Annual Meeting Well Attended
Member Registration
One hundred and sixty seven members registered in person and four by proxy insuring a quorum at Columbus Electric Cooperative's 63rd Annual Meeting of Members.
Re-elected to serve on the Board of Trustees were District 1, Eddie Diaz; District 2, Joe Johnson; and District 4, Edward Elbrock.
Bill Miller, CEC Board Secretary/Treasurer reported on the 2011 financial activities stating that "the Cooperative met all the financial ratios required by our lenders".
Board President Edward Elbrock reported on the general condition and activities of the Cooperative. He also introduced the newly appointed General Manager of the Cooperative, Chris Martinez.
Mr. Martinez in his report discussed actions the Cooperative has taken to provide rate stability and power reliability. In discussing rates he informed the membership that the rates they pay can be divided into two pieces, wholesale power cost and CEC's cost to distribute energy. While the generation component has increased, the membership can take comfort in knowing the Coop's cost of distributing energy has only increased by 2% in the last twelve years. He also discussed the Cooperative's scholarship and rebate programs.
Jim Spiers, Senior Vice-President of Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, the Cooperative's power supplier, addressed the membership. He provided the information on the upward pressure federal regulation has placed on rates. He stated that Tri-State's 4.8% rate increase that became effective the first of this year is the first since 2008.
We would like to thank the members who took time out of their busy schedule to attend their Annual Meeting. We would like to recognize the outstanding job the Cotton City 4-H group did in preparing and serving the meal!
2012 Safety Coloring Contest Winners
The New Mexico Statewide Association through the Member Services group sponsors an annual Safety Coloring Contest for 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students. The goal of the program is to educate our youth about electricity and electrical safety. The posters are designed by the group and distributed to the 16 New Mexico Electric Co-ops.
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Each Co-op is then responsible for sponsoring a contest at each of the elementary schools within their service area to determine which poster will represent them at the statewide contest.
This year's winners were:Columbus Elementary 1st place: Lizbeth Delgado (3rd grade-Ms. Trevizo) 2nd place: Andres T. Ramos (3rd grade-Ms. Trevizo) 3rd Place: Yadira Flores (3rd grade – Ms. Chavez).
Animas Elementary 1st place: Orin Offutt (4th grade-Mrs. Moore) 2nd place: William Essary (4th grade-Mrs. Moore) 3rd place: Ryan Tomas Estrada (4th grade-Mrs. Moore).
We would like to thank and congratulate all of the children who participated and good luck to Evelyn at the Statewide Contest!
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