Community Electric Cooperative

“Community electric cooperative is an electric cooperative that delivers electricity to the members of the cooperative. The members elect the board of directors which serves as the governing body of the cooperative.”

“Members of the governing board are elected by the membership of the cooperative. The board has monthly meetings and an annual meeting that is open to the entire membership.”

“Certain decisions of the governing board are subject to approval by the members as provided for in the bylaws.”

“Prior to filing the 990, the board of directors are provided with a copy of the 990 to review.”

“The board of directors and president and ceo shall be responsible for the interpretation, implementation, monitoring, and compliance with this policy. The president and ceo is responsible for understanding the delegations of this policy and the overall administration accordingly.”

“The president obtains the annual benefits and compensation survey for the va, md and de association of electric cooperatives to use as comparability data in reviewing key employee and top management salary evaluations. The board of directors has a wage and salary committee that goes over recommendations provided by the president for key employees and top management, and makes recommendations for the president's salary as well. These recommendations are taken to the full board for approval and subsequent implementation.”

“The president obtains the annual benefits and compensation survey for the va, md and de association of electric cooperatives to use as comparability data in reviewing key employee and top management salary evaluations. The board of directors has a wage and salary committee that goes over recommendations provided by the president for key employees and top management, and makes recommendations for the president's salary as well. These recommendations are taken to the full board for approval and subsequent implementation.”

“The cooperative's financial information is published annually in the cooperative living magazine. Copies of the audited financial statements are available at the annual meeting each year which is open to the entire membership. A copy of the 990 is available upon request.”

“The cooperative's financial information is published annually in the cooperative living magazine. Copies of the audited financial statements are available at the annual meeting each year which is open to the entire membership. When a member joins the cooperative, they are provided with a copy of the bylaws.”

“990 part vii section a column f the cooperative participates in the nreca group defined pension plan. As part of this plan, participants are required to recognize the actuarial increase in the value of their account on the form 990. The contribution rate for participants in the plan is the same for all individuals in the plan. The change in actuarial value for each participant; however, varies with age. In other words, the older a participant is, the greater the increase in that individual's change in actuarial value with all other things being equal. 990 part vii section a column f the following individual participates in a non-qualified deferred compensation plan and had the following contributions to the plan included on schedule j, part ii, column (c): steven harmon 37,920”

“Form 990, part ix, line 4 benefits paid to or for members patronage dividends are paid to members' accounts in accordance with the pre-existing obligation in community electric cooperative's by laws. The corporation is obligated to pay by credits to a capital account for each patron all such amounts in excess of operating costs and expenses. Irs instructions for line 4 changed in 2011 to include patronage dividends paid by section 501(c)(12) organizations to their members. Accordingly, these amounts are now reported on line 4.”

“Benefits paid to members not exp per gaap 171,479 net change in memberships 295 cont in aid of construction not revenue per gaap -186,524 net retirement of capital credits -309,238 cash patronage cap alloc not revenue per gaap 61,312 total -262,676”