The 70th Annual Meeting of the Membership of Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc. will be held on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at the Coquille Community Center in Coquille, Oregon. At the regular March meeting of the Board of Directors, the following Nominating Committee appointments for the district in which a director is to be elected at this year’s Annual Meeting were approved. Read full story below.

In preparation for our 69th Annual Meeting of the Membership in Brookings, the Board approved Nominating Committee appointments for the 3 districts in which directors are to be elected at this year’s Annual Meeting.

District 2, Brookings, Vacant
Don Mitchell, Chairperson 541-469-3390
John D. Rapraeger
Paul Sherman

District 4, Port Orford, Daryl Robison, Incumbent
Jeff MacFarlane, Chairperson 541-332-6175
Charles Gunther
Malcolm Young

District 5, Bandon Area, Peter C. Radabaugh, Incumbent
Sharon Hebel, Chairperson 541-347-9222
Dr. D.M. “Don” Canavan
Wallace “Pat” Reed

Nominating Committee Reports and Petitions are due May 2, 2007.

In a letter to the editor of the Curry Coastal Pilot, one of our members suggested that anyone throwing their Ruralite magazine in the trash should instead save our cooperative money by removing their name from the mailing list. We said she was right; if you do not wish to receive Ruralite, you may take your name off the mailing list by simply calling any CCEC office. But, there was also a question raised about cost that Robison addresses in this article.

By unanimous decision, the Board made changes to two policies resented by the Policy Review Committee and established a new policy to address the ooperative’s equity management. Of significance is the reduction in the service connection charge, which will take effect December 4th. The existing $200 service connection charge will be reduced to $100 for each electric service/meter connected during regular working hours, defined as 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. For work performed after normal business hours under this policy change, the existing fee of $400 will be reduced to $200 per electric service/meter.

The Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CCEC) Board of Directors held itsregularly-scheduled meeting Friday, October 27, 2006 in Port Orford. In a monumental decision, the CCEC Board of Directors unanimously approved a return of 1972 capital credits to the membership to coincide with the decision made earlier this year to return capital credits for 1971. The total amount to be returned is $623,901.70.

This week, Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CCEC) and Lightspeed Networks, Inc. (Lightspeed), agreed to resolve their differences and settle a dispute regarding CCEC's loan guaranty obligations. Read more.

Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative will begin routine safety inspections of power poles and electric facilities to comply with requirements the Oregon Public Utility Commission has in place for all electric utilities. The inspections, done as a normal course of business each year, will begin mid-April and take several months to complete. Facilities in the Gold Beach and Brookings areas will be examined. Field inspectors will have their company and Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative photo identification available upon request. Vehicles will be clearly marked with the Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative logo.

Contact any Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative area business office with questions.

The most recent Cost of Service Analysis, capital credit distribution, Automated Meter Reading technology and the 2005 Independent Audit Report were topics of discussion at the March 27th Board of Directors monthly meeting.

Board of Directors makes changes to policy, presents surplus vehicles to 4 local high schools for Project Graduation, provides update on AMR and unveils new website.