2019 WINNERS

Category 1 – Best News Story (at-large category) Silver San Miguel Power Association Gold EnergyWise Newsletter Montana Electric Cooperatives’ Association Alex Shelley A new type of nuclear power [email protected] Ryan Hall [email protected] Classification 2 Silver Gold Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Valley Electric Association Answering the Call of Duty What We Stand For Beth Tokioka Mike Hengel btokioka@kiuc.coop [email protected] Silver Category 2 – Best Feature Story (at-large category) Wiregrass Electric Cooperative Gold Alabama Living Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Jennifer Ward The Brotherhood [email protected] Janet Wilson [email protected] Classification 3

Silver Gold United Cooperative Services South Alabama Electric Member Services PowerTalk No one fights alone John Davis Andy Kimbro [email protected] [email protected] Silver Category 3 – Best Column (at-large category) Baldwin EMC Gold Local Section‚ Alabama Living Magazine Texas Electric Cooperatives Michelle Geans Pop & Spike [email protected] Ellen Stader [email protected] Classification 4

Silver Gold CoServ Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association CoServ Inside Pages, Texas Co-op Power: March 2018 of Electric Cooperatives Ken Oltmann Viewpoint - An Ode to Solitude [email protected] Richard Johnstone [email protected] Silver Category 4 – Best External News Publication Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative Keeping Current, part of Cooperative Living Classification 1 Priscilla Knight [email protected] Gold Federated Rural Electric & Brown County Rural Electrifi- cation Assocation Connections Andrea Christoffer, Steve Ruthenbeck, Maria Solie [email protected] Classification 5 Classification 4 Gold Gold Texas Electric Cooperatives Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Texas Co-op Power magazine Powerlines‚ August, September and October issues Charles Lohrmann Casey Hollins [email protected] [email protected]

Silver Silver PREA Middle Tennessee Electric Cooperative Penn Lines Short Circuits Peter Fitzgerald Adam Elrod [email protected] [email protected]

Category 5 – Best Internal News Publication Classification 5 Classification 1 Gold Silver Hoosier Energy EnergyLines East Kentucky Power Cooperative Eric Neely The Compass [email protected] Nick Comer, Randy Bucknam [email protected] Silver Classification 2 Texas Electric Cooperatives Local Pages Newsletter Gold Karen Nejtek Appalachian Electric Cooperative [email protected] The Hotline Becky Burks Category 6A Best Special Publication – Small [email protected] Classification 1 Silver Gold Aiken Electric Cooperative Clearwater Power Cooperative WATTS On Line Member Handbook Muriel Carter Jeff Marshall [email protected] [email protected]

Classification 3 Silver Gold Consolidated Cooperative Services brochure South Plains Electric Cooperative Pam Hawk Employee Newsletter: Staying Connected [email protected] Jill Reece [email protected] Classification 2 Silver Gold Flint Energies Poudre Valley REA Three Phase PVREA Annual Meeting Notice Jennie Lacey Amy Blunck [email protected] [email protected]

Silver White River Valley Electric Cooperative Capital Credits Infographic Cassie Cunningham [email protected] Classification 3 Classification 3 Gold Gold Southside Electric Cooperative Southern Pine Electric Cooperative Regional Impact Profile Making Life Better, the Story of Southern Pine Electric Lauren Irby Power Association [email protected] Jan Collins [email protected] Silver Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative Silver 80 Years of History Publication Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative Jack Blair Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative: Celebrating 80 Years [email protected] Megan McGinnis [email protected] Classification 4 Classification 4 Gold Brunswick EMC Gold New Resident Guide Brunswick EMC Heather Holbrook 2018 – 2021 Strategic Plan [email protected] Heather Holbrook [email protected] Silver Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Silver Seasonal Rates Bill Insert GreyStone Power Corporation Casey Hollins The Cooperative Difference: 2018 Corporate [email protected] Social Responsibility Report Ashley Kinnard Classification 5 [email protected] Gold Classification 5 Oglethorpe Power Corporation OPC Environmental Commitment Brochure Gold Blair Romero Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives [email protected] 2017-18 Year in Review Magen Howard Category 6B Best Special Publication – Large [email protected] Classification 1 Silver Gold Kentucky Electric Cooperatives Big Country Electric Cooperative NUTSEA BROCHURE Raising Poles, Raising Standards: The Eighty-Year Jessica Hawkins History of Midwest, Stamford and Big Country [email protected] Electric Cooperatives Sarah McLen Category 7 – Best Annual Report to Members [email protected] Classification 1 Silver Gold Consolidated Cooperative Firelands Electric Cooperative, Inc. Employee brand guide Working together for a more POWERFUL future Pam Hawk Tracy Gibb [email protected] [email protected] Silver Silver Garkane Energy Cooperative Corn Belt Power Cooperative Creating Experiences, Creating Relationships, Creating Powerful New Perspectives Value Marena Fritzler Neal Brown [email protected] [email protected] Category 8. Most Innovative Use Classification 2 of Digital Communication Gold Classification 1 Delta-Montrose Electric Association DMEA Annual Report Gold Phil Sanchez Hill County Electric [email protected] Local people working for you. Tom Metcalfe Silver [email protected] Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc. Our Cooperative, Our Community Silver Mike Barns Eau Claire Energy Cooperative [email protected] Youth Ambassador Super Heroes! Mary Kay Brevig Classification 3 [email protected] Gold Classification 2 Southern Pine Electric Southern Pine Electric Annual Report Gold Drummonds McAlpin Central Electric Cooperative [email protected] CEC’s Energy Solutions Center Renee Tritten, Laura Hensley Silver [email protected] Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Resilient. Diversified. Strong. Silver Chelsea Patterson Central Virginia Electric Cooperative [email protected] Solar Share Video: Harvesting Locally Sourced Energy Melissa Gay Classification 4 [email protected] Gold Classification 3 Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative Connecting to You Gold Priscilla Knight Farmers Electric Cooperative [email protected] Temperature Gap Analysis Jim Nimmo Silver [email protected] Pedernales Electric Cooperative PEC 2017 Annual Report Silver Marjorie Smith South Plains Electric Cooperative [email protected] SPEC App videos Whitney Bryant Classification 5 [email protected] Gold Tri-State G&T Powering Potential Samuel Taggart [email protected] Classification 4 Silver Gold ClearwaterPower It’s Your Cooperative Middle Tennessee Electric Cooperative Jeff Marshall Experience Membership Campaign Social Videos [email protected] Adam Elrod [email protected] Classification 2 Silver Gold Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Stearns Electric Association REC Volunteers at The Therapeutic Adventure Camp of This Is My Why Video Series Orange Amanda Groethe Casey Hollins [email protected] [email protected] Silver (tie) Classification 5 Lake Country Power Gold Vision, Mission, Values Greg Schulzetenberg Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives [email protected] How Capital Credits Work Magen Howard Delta-Montrose Electric Association [email protected] Grant Thank You Becky Mashburn Silver [email protected] Corn Belt Power Cooperative The Power Is Yours Classification 3 Marena Fritzler [email protected] Silver Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative Category 9. Best Use of Social Media Tornado Response Wrap Up (at-large category) Don Johnson [email protected] Gold Coweta Fayette EMC Classification 4 Operation Round Up Awareness Campaign Silver Chellie Phillips [email protected] Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Wind Storm Riley Creates Havoc Silver Casey Hollins [email protected] Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Wind Storm Riley: Social Media Response Casey Hollins Classification 5 [email protected] Gold Tri-State G&T Category 10. Best Digital Storytelling Member Videos: Telling Our Renewables Story Classification 1 Samuel Taggart [email protected] Gold United Electric Cooperative Silver (tie) Embracing Our Future Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative Amy Tobin Lineman 360 [email protected] Angela Catton [email protected] N.W. Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. NW Electric Safety Culture Silver Byron Roach Flint Energies [email protected] Antique Truck Jennie Lacey Category 11 – Best Photo (at-large category) [email protected] Gold Classification 4 Ravalli Electric Co-op Trouble in the Water Gold Melissa Greenwood Berkeley Electric Cooperative [email protected] Steps to Success Johanna Cooper Silver [email protected] Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative TEC Climb School 187 Silver Don Johnson CoServ [email protected] Solar Classroom Ken Oltmann Category 12 – Best Wild Card [email protected] Classification 1 Classification 5 Gold Gold Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative Oglethorpe Power Corporation Lineman Trucker Hat “Who Dunnit?” Customer Focus Award Claudia Raffay Blair Romero [email protected] [email protected]

Silver Silver Southern Rivers Energy Minnkota Power Cooperative Irma Recap - December Communications Dressing Up the Corporate Campus Kathryn Claxton Kevin Fee [email protected] [email protected]

Classification 2 Category 13. Best Graphic Design Gold Classification 1 Victoria Electric Cooperative Gold Hurricane Harvey Video Brittany Marsh BARC Electric Cooperative [email protected] BARC Connects Marketing Design Tish Blackwell Silver [email protected] Valley Electric Association Classification 2 Kelly Hodge Nomination for Journeyman Lineman of the Year award Gold Mike Hengel Delta-Montrose Electric Association [email protected] DMEA Electric Vehicle Phil Sanchez Classification 3 [email protected] Gold Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Silver Annual Meeting Bill Credit Central Electric Cooperative Rachel Frey Youth Tour T-Shirt Design [email protected] Renee Tritten [email protected] Classification 3 Classification 3 Gold Silver Coweta Fayette EMC Carroll EMC You’ve Got the Power Series Storm Preparation Ad Chellie Phillips Kelly Hester [email protected] [email protected]

Silver Classification 4 Blue Grass Energy Gold Linemen: Then and Now-Safety Rodeo Trailer Rachel Settles SLEMCO [email protected] The One Light We Must Never Let Dim Mary Laurent Classification 4 [email protected] Gold Silver Pedernales Electric Cooperative First Electric Cooperative PEC Proud quotes magazine spread We’re here to serve Marjorie Smith Nancy Meador [email protected] [email protected]

Silver Classification 5 Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Silver Trimming Your Own Right-of-Way Joe Stafford Tri-State G&T [email protected] Generate Possibilities Samuel Taggart Classification 5 [email protected] Gold Category 15 – Best Event Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives Classification 1 Magazine Article Design - Across State Lines Anita Cook Silver [email protected] Taylor Electric Cooperative 79th Annual Meeting Silver Elizabeth McVey Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives [email protected] Pre-Start Inspection Chris Hall Classification 2 [email protected] Gold Category 14 – Best Individual Ad Delta-Montrose Electric Association DMEA 2018 Annual Meeting Classification 2 Becky Mashburn Gold [email protected] Delta Montrose Electric Association Rebates Baby Silver Phil Sanchez Central Virginia Electric Cooperative [email protected] Solar Soirée: “Flip the Switch” Solar Commissioning Event Melissa Gay Silver [email protected] Mitchell EMC We Support GA Grown Heather Greene [email protected] Classification 3 Classification 2 Gold Gold Flathead Electric Stearns Electric Cooperative Pulse Project Road Trip: Recharged Wendy Ostrom-Price Amanda Groethe [email protected] [email protected]

Silver Silver Mountain View Electric Association, Inc. Wiregrass Electric Cooperative 2018 Member Appreciation Day Event Series Hurricane Michael Recovery Sarah Schaefer, Erica Meyer, Megan Morse, Nikki Ricciardi Jennifer Ward [email protected] [email protected]

Classification 4 Classification 3 Gold Gold Cobb EMC Sam Houston Electric Cooperative Cobb EMC’s Renewables and You Seminar Base and Delivery Rate Restructure Angela Howerter Rachel Frey [email protected] [email protected]

Classification 5 Silver Gold Holy Cross Energy Seventy 70thirty Minnkota Power Cooperative Kristina Johnson Minnkota Co-op Hop [email protected] Kaylee Cusack [email protected] Classification 4 Silver Gold East River Electric Power Cooperative GreyStone Power Corporation Livestock Development Summit Making Life Better Shayla Ebsen Ashley Kinnard [email protected] [email protected]

Category 16 Best Best Total Communication Silver Program Middle Tennessee Electric Cooperative Experience Membership Campaign Classification 1 Adam Elrod Gold [email protected] Garkane Energy Cooperative Member vs. Customer Awareness Classification 5 Neal Brown Gold [email protected] Northwest Public Power Asso. and Ruralite Services, Inc More Powerful Together Silver Brenda Dunn Eastern Illini Electric Co-op [email protected] Connecting the Past to the Present Mike Wilson Silver [email protected] Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. Beat the Peak – Phase 2 Scott Hammond [email protected]

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