Your BOARD OF TRUSTEES

We’re led by our members. Members serve on our board of trustees and members choose who’s on the board by voting for candidates each spring.

Board members meet each month with our attorney, general manager, and management staff and work together to make important decisions like setting policies and rates. They represent all members, not only the members in the township or district they live in.

A special thank you

We recognized Tom McQuiston, our former board president, in 2022. McQuiston finished a 14 year stint as the Ohio director for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in 2022. In that position, he provided leadership and guidance to the national cooperative program. McQuiston did not seek reelection as president of the board and presided over his last regular board meeting April 27, 2022, culminating 34 years as board president. In that time, McQuiston has been a steadying influence, leader, and guide, supporting the cooperative’s efforts to improve financial strength, safety, reliability, and community involvement all while maintaining the focus on members. McQuiston will continue to serve as a Butler Rural Electric Cooperative board member.

Board of trustees election

Over 1,650 members voted in our board of trustees election in 2022. All cooperative elections are conducted by an independent third-party company, which maintains the integrity of our elections. Members re-elected Tom McQuiston in District 3 and Jay Hasbrook in District 4. Members chose James O’Brien in District 9.

New board officers

During their meeting in May, board members voted for officers. These officers are elected annually. Board members elected David Evans as president, Robert Hoelle was chosen as vice president, and Jim Meador was elected as the secretary and treasurer of the board of trustees.

David Evans d.evans@butlerrural.coop 513-523-8967

Jim Meador j.meador@butlerrural.coop 513-280-2003

Thomas L. McQuiston t.mcquiston@butlerrural.coop

513-796-2983

Jay T. Hasbrook j.hasbrook@butlerrural.coop 937-307-5347

Robert Hoelle b.hoelle@butlerrural.coop 513-726-5356

Ronald Kolb r.kolb@butlerrural.coop 513-757-4223

Mike Tilton m.tilton@butlerrural.coop 513-266-4099

Robert Spaeth b.spaeth@butlerrural.coop 513-738-2495

James O’Brien j.obrien@butlerrural.coop

513-376-5639

Safety Checklist

Safety is at the heart of everything we do. It’s our focus and top priority every single day.

In 2022, Butler Rural Electric Cooperative achieved our best overall Rural Electric Safety Achievement Program score. Our employees worked over 86,750 hours with zero recordable injuries.

We surpassed 330,000 driving miles with zero recordable incidents.

Excellent Satisfaction

Our member satisfaction score is 88 out of 100. That means satisfaction with the co-op is higher than well-known businesses like Apple and Coca-Cola.

Butler Rural Electric Cooperative is working to create an electric vehicle charging rate. This rate incentivizes charging during the night, when electricity demand and wholesale energy rates are lower. If you’re not an EV user but like the incentives of a special rate, a time of day rate for other residential load will roll out simultaneously with the EV rate. We will share more information about these rates once they are developed.

In October, employees