Cooperative News Bott, Drummond, Dodd and Holland Re-elected to Board at Annual Meeting &N Electric Cooperative (ANEC) gathered at Nandua High School in Onley. Cooperative attorney Henry P. Custis, membership re-elected four of its He also thanked cooperative employees Jr., conducted board elections. In addition Aboard directors and heard detailed and local farmers for their response to the to 2,430 votes cast by proxy, the 165 reports during the 78th Annual Meeting winter blizzard earlier this year, which members present re-elected Christopher D. on Aug. 23. brought heavy winds and snow into the area. Bott to his District 1 seat, E. Garrison In 2017, ANEC completed its Tangier “Area farmers assisted crews, using their Drummond to his District 2 seat, Ralph W. Island facility project, which included a personal equipment to access secondary Dodd to his District 4 seat and Penney P. new office building, upgraded substation roads that our equipment could not reach. Holland to her District 4 seat. and a renovated generator building. The The Board of Directors appreciates the ANEC CEO Butch Williamson addressed upgraded facilities will serve both Tangier great commitment to our members that upcoming initiatives, which will boost and neighboring Smith Island, Maryland, everyone displayed during the event, and value to services offered by the cooperative. well into the future, Board Chairman would like to extend a sincere thank you A highlight of those efforts are the phase- Addison Nottingham told the crowd to all of those involved,” Nottingham said. in of automated metering infrastructure S The cooperative board honored former (AMI) over the coming year, which will O T O chairman Phillip B. Tankard, who recently enhance billing options, improve meter H P passed away. Tankard served on the data with system operations and will M E I cooperative’s board for more than 50 years, lead to quicker restoration efforts. D Y A serving his last 11 as the board’s chairman. Williamson also touched on enhancing J His daughter, Cindy Lattimore, was the cooperative’s surge-protector program presented a framed resolution signed by and the potential of adding a household the current board. standby generator program for members. Nottingham announced that the board He explained that an approved increase recently voted to return $1.7 million in to the co-op’s base rate, the first since capital credits to the membership, which 1991, will more accurately cover distribution will be reflected as a notice on August costs and could result in lower electric An attendee snaps a selfie with LED Lucy billing statements. The cooperative has bills during “non-summer” months, prior to the start of A&N Electric Cooperative’s retired nearly $24 million in capital credits but members would see an increase in 78th Annual Meeting at Nandua High School. to the membership since 1981. costs during the four “summer” months A&N ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 21275 Cooperative Way P.O. Box 290 Tasley, VA 23441-0290 757-787-9750 • 800-431-2632 Office Hours: M-F, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. anec.com Payments: 1-855-386-9921 President & CEO Butch Williamson Local Pages Editor Jay Diem A&N Electric Cooperative is an Members of the A&N Electric Cooperative Board of Directors present Cindy Lattimore with equal opportunity provider and employer. a framed resolution in memory of her father, Phillip B. Tankard, who served the cooperative for more than 50 years as a director. 18 | Cooperative Living | October 2018 A&N Electric Cooperative New rates expected to take effect Oct. 1 arlier this year, as communicated in Cooperative Living magazine, the cooperative’s website and local newspapers, A&N Electric Cooperative filed ANEC members listen to reports by cooperative staff during the meeting. Efor a rate adjustment to help it stabilize the annual revenue needed to cover its cost of service. While the Virginia State Corporation Commission’s final decision on the filing had not been made by printing deadline, the cooperative anticipates the commission will approve its proposal with some stipulations. The new rate structure is expected to take effect on Oct. 1, 2018. The rate adjustment will increase the monthly access charge and will establish seasonal rates based on four summer months (June-September) and eight non- summer months (October-May). CEO Butch Williamson greets members. This is the cooperative’s first true rate increase since 1991. “This rate adjustment will give A&N the revenue needed to cover the cooperative’s from June to September. fixed costs that are associated with the operation and maintenance of our distribution “Your participation in our Beat the Peak facilities,” said ANEC CEO Butch Williamson. “These proposed seasonal rates will program will help us keep costs as low as possible for you and your co-op,” he added. more accurately reflect our members’ energy use throughout the year.” Williamson also added that A&N is The cooperative is moving to a slightly higher fixed monthly access charge from among the first Virginia co-ops approved $8 to $14, which will reduce the revenue needed in the volume metric portion of to offer solar energy as a choice for a member’s bill. members. He said members can subscribe With the proposed rate adjustment, a residential bill with electricity use during the to 50-kilowatt blocks of energy through the Cooperative Sunshare program, with non-summer months could see a decrease in monthly costs, but during the summer much of this generated at the nearby months would see an increase depending on a member’s energy use. 20-megawatt Cherrydale Solar facility in For example, a residential member using 1,500 kilowatt-hours of electricity in the Northampton County. four summer months would see an increase of about $14 a month for that use with the More details about the Cooperative new rate, but that member would see a decrease of just over $1 a month in the eight Sunshare program can be found at non-summer months. anec.com. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative An additional rider will temporarily be included on electric service bills from October (ODEC) CEO Marcus Harris detailed the through December, but will be discontinued on Jan. 1, 2019. power-supply cooperative’s diverse assets For more details, log onto anec.com and click on the “Rates” tab. and reminded attendees of A&N’s representation on the ODEC board. He said, “Our goal is to be evolutionary, not revolutionary, so that we can provide you with affordable and reliable energy for decades to come.” Patsy Goard, who has served as ANEC’s Youth Tour chaperone for more than two decades, introduced the five high school students who participated in this year’s event. Attendees then enjoyed a video with highlights of this NRECA leadership development program that gathers co-op youth from around the nation for a week in Washington, D.C., including a meeting with Congressman Scott Taylor and Changing of the Guard ceremony at Arlington Cemetery. Immediately following the Annual Meeting, the board held officer elections, re-electing Addison Nottingham as its chairman, Christopher Bott as its vice chairman and Robert Nock as the board’s secretary-treasurer. anec.com October 2018 | Cooperative Living | 19 FINNEY WILLIAM P HARRIS ROBERT FIRST MED VIRGINIA INC HAUSER ERIN UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDIT CHECKS FISHER ANTHONY F HAYDEN DENISE L FISHER BRITTANY A HAYWARD SHANE P Listed below are the names of members who failed to claim capital credit FISHER ELOISE H HEADY ANGELA M FISKE CHARLES HELMKE CHRISTINE A refund checks that were issued in the year 2016. 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