Trustee Cedrick Smith Jr. Passes Away...Page 2 Co-Op Lowers Cost of Power
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The newsletter for members of Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc. KILOWATTNOVEMBER 2011 Invite safety home for the holidays...page 5 Trustee Cedrick Smith Jr. passes away...page 2 Co-op lowers cost of power... page 3 Proactive approach to pollution control pays off...page 4 Trading Post ads...pages 6-8 STAY SAFE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON--The holidays are a time for celebration, and that means more cooking, home decorating, entertaining, and an increased risk of fire and accidents. Some safety tips to keep in mind are found on page 5. NOVEMBER 2011 KILOWATT/1 Trustee Cedrick Smith Jr. passes away edrick M. Smith Jr., a member of Clay Elec- Ctric Co-op’s board of trustees since 1980, passed away on Oct. 22. He represented mem- bers in District 8. KILOWATTNOVEMBER 2011 A resident of Wacahoota, Smith, 77, operated a VOLUME 42 NUMBER 6 construction business and was a timber farmer. KILOWATT is published six times a year (in January, March, May, July, September and He had served as president, vice president, November) by Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc., secretary and treasurer of Clay’s board of trust- Highway 100 West, Keystone Heights, Florida, ees, and had also served as an alternate director Smith as an informational and educational service to its member-owners. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $1 a on Seminole Electric Co-op’s board of directors. year, to Clay Electric members. Periodicals class He also had served as county and state presi- postage paid at Keystone Heights, Fla. and at additional mailing offices. USPS 783-900; ISSN dent of the Florida Cattleman’s Association. 1087-4747. Smith is survived by his wife, Jo Ann, two children and a BOARD OF TRUSTEES number of grandchildren. Meets Dec. 15 in Keystone Heights Smith’s family has a long association with Clay Electric. His at 12:30 p.m. uncle, C. N. Smith, served on the co-op’s board for 39 years Laura Dean - President (1941-80). Keystone Heights - District 1 John Henry Whitehead - Vice President “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Smith family,” said Lake Butler - District - 7 Ricky Davis, Clay Electric’s general manager/CEO. “Cedrick Susan Reeves - Secretary Smith was always concerned about the co-op doing its very best Hawthorne - District 3 Carl Malphurs - Treasurer to serve the members in District 8 and throughout our 14-county Alachua - District 4 service area.” Kelley Smith - Trustee Palatka - District 2 Robert Mullins - Trustee Starke - District 5 Floyd Gnann - Trustee Middleburg - District 6 NEWSCO-OP GETTING NEWIN INFORMATION BRIEF... SYSTEM... Clay Vacant - District 8 Angus Hastings - Trustee Electric is in the process of implementing a new customer infor- Fort McCoy - District 9 mation system (CIS). This system, which is critical to the co-op’s daily operations, handles all aspects of customer account services Ricky Davis - General Manager & CEO Henry Barrow - Director including billing, customer information, service orders, customer Member & Public Relations contacts, capital credits and more. It is a critical system that allows Herman Dyal - Director the co-op to better provide essential services to members. The new Engineering Chip Gray - Director system, from Harris-Cayenta, is more flexible and will enhance Human Resources Clay Electric’s ability to meet the changing service needs of mem- Mark Maxwell - Director bers, as well as to adapt to future changes. For now, members will Finance & Administrative Services Bruce McHollan - Director not notice any differences. Early next year, members might notice Information & Communication Technology some slight changes in the appearance of their bills and also how Howard Mott - Director they log in to their accounts on the co-op’s website. More informa- Operations Cheryl Rogers - Director tion about these changes will be shared in the near future. Internal Audit Bill Thompson - Director Statement of ownership, management and circulation District Operations 1) Date of filing: October 1, 2011. 2) Title of Publication: The Kilowatt. 3) Frequency of issue: Six times per year (Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept. & Nov.). 4) Location of known office of publica- DISTRICT MANAGERS tion: Hwy 100 (P. O. Box 308), Keystone Heights, FL 32656. 5) Location of headquarters of Derick Thomas - Gainesville & Lake City general business office of the publishers: Hwy 100 (P. O. Box 308), Keystone Heights, FL 32656. Dale Furlong - Keystone Heights 6) Names and addresses of publisher, editor and managing editor: Clay Electric Coopera- Andy Chaff - Orange Park tive, Inc., P. O. Box 308, Keystone Heights, FL 32656; Editor, Kathy Richardson, P. O. Box 308, Jim Beeler - Palatka & Salt Springs Keystone Heights, FL 32656; Managing Editor, N/A. 7) Owner: Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc., P. O. Box 308, Keystone Heights, FL 32656. 8) Known bondholders, mortgagees and other COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION security holders owning or holding 1% or more to total amount of bonds, mortgages or other Wayne T. Mattox - Manager of securities: Cooperative Finance Corp., Dulles, Va.; CoBank, Greenwood Village, CO.; 9) The Communications purpose, function and nonprofit status of this organization and the exempt status for Federal income tax purposes has not changed during the preceding 12 months. 10) Extent and nature Kathy Richardson - Editor of circulation: A. Total no. copies printed (avg during preceding 12 months): 133,132; no. [email protected] copies nearest filing date: 133,030. B. Paid circulation: 1. Sales through dealers and carriers, street vendors and counter sales: None; 2. Mail subscription (avg during preceding 12 months): PUBLISHING, EDITORIAL AND 132,595; no. copies nearest filing date: 132,532. C. Total paid circulation: (avg during preced- ADVERTISING OFFICES ing 12 months) 132,595; no. copies nearest filing date: 132,532. D. Free distribution (including CLAY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. samples): None. E. Total free or nominal rate distribution: None. F. Total distribution (sum P.O. Box 308, Keystone Heights, Florida C&D): (avg during preceding 12 months) 132,595; no. copies nearest filing date: 132,532. G. 32656 Telephone (352) 473-8000 Copies not distributed: (office use - avg during preceding 12 months) 528; no. copies nearest POSTMASTER: In using Form 3579, please give filing date: 498. H. Total (sum of F&G) (avg. during preceding 12 months) 133,132; no. copies key letter and mail to KILOWATT, P. O. Box 308, nearest filing date: 133,030. Keystone Heights, FL 32656. I certify that the statements above are correct and complete. Kathy Richardson 2/KILOWATT NOVEMBER 2011 The General Manager’s Report Ricky Davis Clay mourns loss of Trustee Cedrick Smith ast month we were sad- to lower fuel expenses for power issued by dened by the passing of generation. Therefore, your cost federal Lone of our long time board for 1,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) agencies members, Cedrick Smith Jr. of is now $112.80, down from that could Wacahoota. $114.30. have a I had the honor of working The decrease in power cost is huge with Mr. Smith since 2009 when seen in the Power Cost Adjust- impact on I became general manager. Dur- ment portion of your bills. The the cost of energy. Most of the ing that time I found Mr. Smith new PCA rate is .02400. The regulations are being issued by to be a tremendous asset to the PCA number is multiplied by the Environmental Protection co-op with his three decades the total number of kilowatt Agency (EPA) and affect a wide of service and knowledge. It hours consumed during the swath of the U.S. energy sector, became clear to me that service billing period to obtain the PCA either directly or indirectly. Ac- to Clay Electric was a big part of amount. cording to the publication Inves- his life. Mr. Smith never wanted If the lower cost of power isn’t tor’s Business Daily, more than to miss a trustee meeting, and enough good news, Clay’s fi- a thousand power plants will be even in the past few months nance director has said the lower required to retrofit their cooling when he wasn’t feeling well, cost could extend through 2012. systems, which will cost many he found the strength to attend Clay’s lower cost for 1,000 millions of dollars. The reclassi- board meetings. kWh makes it the lowest among fying of coal ash as a hazardous In addition to his commit- the state’s 15 electric co-ops. It is waste (without justification) will ments to Clay Electric, Mr. also lower than the average cost impose costs of $20 billion annu- Smith also served in the past as for 1,000 kWh for the state’s five ally and could lead to the early an alternate board member for largest investor-owned utilities retirement of 250 to 300 coal Seminole Electric Co-op, our ($113.72). plants. This drives up the cost of wholesale power provider. We’re proud that we’re able to electricity and creates job losses. The employees of Clay Elec- provide you affordably priced The EPA also wants to impose tric meant a great deal to him. electricity, plus excellent and the most strict mercury emis- Mr. Smith knew intuitively the reliable service. sions rules in U.S. history, which employees are the main reason We’re all aware of how bad will likely cost utilities upwards for Clay’s reputation of excel- the economy has been in recent of $350 billion in compliance lent and professional service. years. For us, the reduced eco- costs and result in the closure of In every decision he made as nomic activity has meant little or 15 gigawatts of power. Plant clo- a trustee, he would ask, “Is no growth in new connects. sures of this magnitude would this the best decision for our However, thanks to sound likely mean that approximately member-owners and our em- fiscal policy, direction from our 15 million households, small ployees?” board and planning from our businesses and commercial cen- Mr.