MARCH 2011 Kilowattyour 2010 Annual Report & 2011 Legislative Directory Reports from the Board President and General Man- Ager/CEO
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The newsletter for members of Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc. MARCH 2011 KILOWATTYour 2010 Annual Report & 2011 Legislative Directory Reports from the board president and general man- ager/CEO... pages 3-5 2010 financial Employees donate to report summary... Extreme Makeover family page 7 Last month, Clay Electric’s A look at some of employees raised nearly $3,500 to help co-op mem- the issues law- ber Carrie Prewitt and her makers will con- family with their electric bills after they received a sider in the Leg- new home courtesy of the islative session... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition TV show. Above, page 8 Co-op General Manager/ CEO Ricky Davis (left) pre- Notice of Annual sented a check for $3,426.94 Meeting... pages to Carrie and Taylor Brew- er (2nd from left) and Gina 13-15 Brewer (right) on Feb. 16 in front of their new home in Middleburg. Clay person- nel (at right) were involved in building service to the home. See story & photos on pages 16-17. MARCH 2011 KILOWATT/1 NEWSIN BRIEF... KILOWATT YOUTH TOUR WINNERS SELECTED...Four high school MARCH 2011 juniors have been VOLUME 42 NUMBER 2 KILOWATT is published six times a year (in Janu- selected to go to ary, March, May, July, September & November) by Washington, D.C. Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc., Highway 100 West, Keystone Heights, Florida, as an informational in June as winners and educational service to its member-owners. of Clay Electric’s SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $1 a year, to Clay Elec- tric members. Periodicals class postage paid at 2011 Youth Tour to Keystone Heights, Fla. and at additional mailing Washington contest. offices. USPS 783-900; ISSN 1087-4747. The four winners are: BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lily Greenstein of Meets March 22 in Keystone Heights Williston High School, at 12:30 p.m. Kelley Smith–President Natalie Jones of P. K. Palatka–District 2 Yonge, Chelsey Hendry Laura Dean–Vice President of Columbia High The winners of Clay Electric’s 2011 Youth Tour to Keystone Heights–District 1 Washington contest are Chelsey Hendry, Lily Green- John Henry Whitehead–Secretary School, and Anna Shao Lake Butler–District 7 stein, Natalie Jones and Anna Shao. of Orange Park High Susan Reeves–Treasurer Hawthorne–District 3 School. The alternates are Hannah Emerson of Santa Fe High Carl Malphurs–Trustee School and William Stokes of St. Johns Country Day School. The Alachua–District 4 winners were selected based on their combined scores from a Robert Mullins - Trustee Starke–District 5 speech and written quiz. The group of students, selected by their Floyd Gnann - Trustee respective high schools to participate, were in Tallahassee the Middleburg–District 6 Cedrick Smith–Trustee week of Feb. 8-10 to participate in the Youth Tour contest and Micanopy–District 8 also tour state government buildings and learn about how the Angus Hastings - Trustee government operates. The Youth Tour to Washington event lasts Fort McCoy - District 9 a week. Ricky Davis–General Manager/CEO Henry Barrow–Director YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR HIGH Member & Public Relations SCHOOL SENIORS... In May, the Clay Electric Youth Schol- Herman Dyal–Director Engineering arship program will award 24 one-time scholarships of $1,000 Chip Gray–Director each to outstanding high school seniors. The annual scholarship Human Resources Mark Maxwell–Director program is limited to any public, private or home-schooled high Finance & Administrative Services school senior whose home (primary residence) is served by Clay Bruce McHollan–Director Electric and who will be graduating from high school at the end Information & Communication Technology Howard Mott –Director of the applicable school year. To provide an equal representation Operations of scholarship winners throughout the Clay Electric service area, Cheryl Rogers - Director Internal Audit no more than one student at a given public school can receive a Bill Thompson–Director scholarship. If your child is a senior in high school and planning District Operations to attend college, he/she is encouraged to apply. Scholarship ap- DISTRICT MANAGERS plications are available at clayelectric.com, at each of the co-op’s Derick Thomas–Gainesville & Lake City Tommy Tomlinson–Keystone Heights six district offices and at area high schools. Deadline is April 1. Andy Chaff–Orange Park MORE TIME TO SUBMIT REBATE REQUESTS... Jim Beeler–Palatka & Salt Springs Members making efficiency improvements to their homes now COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION have one year to submit their application. Clay Electric’s Energy Wayne T. Mattox- Manager of Communica- tions Smart Rebate program offers rebates for ceiling insulation, and Kathy Richardson - Editor installation of high efficiency heat pumps, solar water heating [email protected] systems, window film, radiant barriers, heat pump water PUBLISHING, EDITORIAL AND heaters and heat recovery units (HRU’s). To qualify for a rebate, ADVERTISING OFFICES members must complete and submit an application within one CLAY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. year from the day the energy efficiency improvement work is P.O. Box 308, Keystone Heights, Florida completed. Previously the rebate application had to be made 32656 Telephone (352) 473-8000 POSTMASTER: In using Form 3579, please give within 60 days. More information about this program can be key letter and mail to KILOWATT, P.O. Box 308, found by visiting http://www.clayelectric.com/nrgservice.aspx Keystone Heights, FL 32656. 2/KILOWATT MARCH 2011 The President’s Message Kelley Smith Excellent service, Capital Credits two benefits of membership; Annual Meeting is March 24 t’s my privilege as president the lowest in the state last year. page 12. to present to you our special Our residential rate for 1,000 Our guest IAnnual Report issue of the kilowatt hours of electricity speaker Kilowatt. averaged $109.63 for the year. will be In this issue you’ll find key Rate surveys have confirmed Carey information about your coop- our very competitive rate posi- Knowles. He was our guest erative, including a report from tion, and this is something that speaker at our 2006 Annual General Manager/CEO Ricky should please members of Clay Meeting. Balsam Range will Davis, year-ending financial in- Electric. provide the musical entertain- formation, the Official Notice of Our Annual Meeting will take ment. The band uses a creative Annual Meeting and a preview place on Thursday, March 24. blend of bluegrass, folk, gospel of activities planned for the An- It’s the most important event for and jazz for a unique musical nual Meeting which will be held you to attend as a member of experience. later this month in Keystone the cooperative. Lunch will be served at noon, Heights. The main purpose of the plus there are energy-related From a financial standpoint, meeting is to elect three mem- exhibits and the popular health Clay Electric remained strong bers to the board of trustees. On screenings. Over 100 door priz- during 2010. We returned $5 this year’s ballot are incumbent es will be given away to lucky million in Capital Credits last trustees Carl Malphurs (District ticket holders. Grand prize is a year, and we are returning the 4), Floyd Gnann (District 6) and 2003 Chevy S-10 pickup with a same amount this year. Our me (Kelley Smith –District 2). regular cab and short bed. ability to return Capital Credits The trustee candidates will be In conclusion, all of us at Clay is a good indicator of the sound voted upon by all members who Electric appreciate the support financial health of your coop- attend and register to vote at you’ve shown us over the years. erative. Capital Credits are a our Annual Meeting. You can count on us to do our distinct benefit of being served There are lots of activities best to provide you with com- by an electric co-op. planned for the Annual Meet- petitive electric rates and excel- I’m proud of the fact that our ing, and I urge you to read lent service in the future. electric rates remained among more about these activities on Five bylaws amendments on Annual Meeting ballot embers who attend our Annual Meeting trustee. Mon March 24 and register to vote will be 3. Amend Article IV - Trustees, SECTION 6. asked to vote on five amendments to the co-op’s Removal of Trustees by Members. This change bylaws. expands and clarifies procedures to remove a These proposed bylaws changes improve and trustee from the board by members, and adds a better disclose some of our business practices section (b) which adds procedures for removal and help make Clay Electric even more ac- of trustees by the board of trustees. countable by strengthening the qualifications 4. Amend Article IV - Trustees, SECTION required to become and remain a trustee at Clay 8. Compensation. This change discloses that Electric. members of the board of trustees are eligible to Here’s a brief overview of the five amend- participate in the same medical insurance pro- ments: gram that employees participate in. 1. Amend Article III - Meeting of Members, 5. Amend Article VII - Non-Profit Operations, SECTION 3. Notice of Members’ Meetings. This SECTION 2. Patronage Capital in Connection change gives more flexibility in notifying mem- with Furnishing Electric Energy. This change bers of meetings and could result in savings to discloses how capital credits received from the cooperative. Seminole Electric Cooperative (Clay’s energy 2. Amend Article IV - Trustees, SECTION provider) will be retired to members of Clay 3. Qualifications. This change expands the list Electric. of qualifications which members must com- The board of trustees recommends that you ply with if they want to become and remain a vote to approve these amendments. MARCH 2011 KILOWATT/3 The General Manager’s Report Ricky Davis Despite slow economy, we continued our focus on excellent service, affordable power ike most electric utilities affect our operations and those new CIS, around the nation, Clay of our power supplier.