Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE BY PROVIDING HIGHLY RELIABLE ELECTRIC AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES, THAT ARE VALUED BY OUR MEMBERS, AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST.
TO PROVIDE QUALITY AND RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MEMBERS OF THE COOPERATIVE.
ELECTRIC DIVISION:PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY TO OUR MEMBERS AT COST ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF PATRONAGE CAPITAL. THERE WERE 37,131 ACTIVE SERVICES AT YEAR END.
FIBER DIVISION:A SEPARATE DIVISION OF THE COOPERATIVE WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FIBER OPTIC NETWORK. THE FIRST CONNECTIONS BEGAN RECEIVING SERVICE DURING 2017. FIBER OPTIC BROADBAND SERVICES OF THE BEC FIBER DIVISION ARE PROVIDED TO MEMBERS ON A PATRONAGE BASIS THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF PATRONAGE CAPITAL TO THE EXTENT THAT CUMULATIVE NET MARGINS EXCEED CUMULATIVE NET LOSSES FOR SUCH DIVISION. THERE WERE 4,904 BROADBAND SUBSCRIBERS AT YEAR END.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| William Hetherington | CEO | 60 | $332,219 |
| Lynn Midgette | CFO/COO | 50 | $291,000 |
| John Padalino | GENERAL COUNSEL/CHIEF ADMIN OFFICER | 50 | $215,450 |
| Shane Schmidt | MANAGER OF BEC FIBER | 55 | $187,929 |
| John Rush | MANAGER OF OPERATIONS | 50 | $149,834 |
| Shawna Frerich | CONTROLLER | 45 | $133,597 |
| James Ward | MANAGER OF DISTRIBUTION DESIGN | 50 | $119,212 |
| Billy Simpson | NETWORK OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR | 52 | $117,857 |
| Allen Marshall | OUTSIDE PLANT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR | 45 | $117,857 |
| Zeda Alvarado | DIRECTOR | 10.2 | $20,500 |
| Michael Edwards | CHAIRMAN | 4.7 | $20,000 |
| Jerry Pierce | DIRECTOR | 7.2 | $19,250 |
| Richard Earnest | DIRECTOR | 10 | $19,000 |
| Kurt Solis | SECRETARY/TREASURER | 6.7 | $19,000 |
| Jeremy Diller | DIRECTOR | 3.8 | $18,500 |
| Jerry Word Sr | DIRECTOR | 3.2 | $18,000 |
| Frances Laue | DIRECTOR | 7.9 | $16,500 |
| Douglas Sandidge | VICE CHAIRMAN (JAN- SEP) | 2.4 | $10,400 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202002909349300715_public.xml