Your Electric Co-op

Chief Executive Officer and General Manager

Robert E. Castillo, P.E.

Grants Office

200 E. High St.• P.O. Box 1087 Grants, N.M. 87020 505-285-6656 505-287-2234, fax

Gallup Office

2500 NM Highway 602 • P.O. Box 786 Gallup, N.M. 87305 505-863-3641 505-863-2175, fax

After Hours

877-775-5211

Office Hours

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (M-F)

Satellite Payment Offices

Villa de Cubero, Zuni, Tribal Utility Dept.

Website

www.cdec.coop

Board of Trustees President

Keith Gottlieb, At-Large

Vice President

Vacant

Secretary-Treasurer

Joe Hoskins, District 7

Lyle Adair

District 8

Alex Griego

District 1

Wes Malcolm

District 2

Lloyd Ortega

District 4

Claudio Romero

District 3

Alfred Saavedra

District 5

Has COVID-19 Financially Impacted Your Nonprofit Organization?

If so, for the ninth consecutive year, CDEC will award a charitable grant of up to $5,000 to an active account holder and qualifying organization.

In general, 501(c)(3) organizations are eligible. Select organizations that are not a 501(c)(3) may also be eligible, including schools and government organizations such as counties or municipalities and their agencies or departments, as long as the grant serves a public purpose consistent with program guidelines listed on the application.

Funds must be used to benefit a CDEC service-area community or communities in one, or more of the following ways: ▶ Education ▶ The Environment ▶ Energy Efficiency and/or Renewable Energy ▶ Economic Development

If your organization qualifies and your grant request falls within the guidelines, we encourage you to apply, no later than 5 p.m., Fri., July 31, 2020. Download the CDEC/CoBank “Sharing Success” grant application at cdec.coop

For more information, contact Mac Juarez in CDEC’s Member Services Department at (505) 285-6656 or mjuarez@cdec.coop

Manage Your CDEC Account, Near or Afar, with SmartHub

Account management is always at your fingertips with the SmartHub app.

Use SmartHub to pay your CDEC electric and Red Bolt Broadband monthly statements, as well as manage your energy use (a big plus, given that we are all spending more time at home because of state COVID-19 restrictions!).

SmartHub is available through CDEC’s website cdec.coop and as a mobile app through the Apple App Store or Google Play Marketplace.

Making payments through SmartHub is fast and easy. As soon as you log in, you can view your current bill, bills from previous months, or even the past year, if you want to compare costs. Viewing your billing history lets you see how your use is trending over time, allowing you to better understand your bill, monitor electric use and become more energy efficient (another big plus, given that we continue to stay home more because of COVID-19). And don’t forget to click the links to view bill inserts and other important CDEC billing announcements.

Be prepared for monsoon moisture and lightningrelated outages. You’ll be Weathering Seasonal Monsoon Storms and Power Outages transformer blows, and more resources are needed. “We do our best to keep CDEC co-ops are automatically routed to Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative’s 24-hour dispatch safer and less inconvenienced if you members informed of outage center. Central dispatchers relay have emergency supplies on hand. situations, and dispatchers place outage reports to CDEC’s on-call

Items should include flashlights follow-up calls to ensure power is crews who respond to repair and with fresh batteries, candles, restored,” Venable said. re-energize troubled lines. The matches or lighters, non-perishable Remember, after-hours and toll-free telephone number is food, a battery-operated transistor holiday calls to CDEC and other 1-877-775-5211. radio and bottled water.

People who depend on electrical equipment to treat medical issues should also have a plan, CDEC Customer Service Manager Donna Venable said.

“In some cases, this may mean purchasing a back-up power supply such as a generator, or going to a health-care facility with back-up power,” Venable said.

It’s also important to remember to turn off and unplug all appliances — even those on surge protectors — to avoid damage from surges when power lines are re-energized. Leave one light on to show you when power is restored.

If you use a generator, make sure it has a manual or automatic switch that disconnects it from the main power lines. If not, use the main switch on your service panel to cut power. A generator that remains connected to main lines can backfeed into them and shock unsuspecting line workers.

CDEC crews try their best to respond in the timeliest manner to troubleshoot an outage. But sometimes, it’s not as easy as reconnecting a fallen line. Sometimes a pole breaks or a

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ELECTRICITY REMAINS A GOOD VALUE

The cost of powering your home rises slowly when compared to other common expenses. Looking at price increases over the last five years, it’s easy to see electricity remains a good value! Average Annual Price Increase 2014-2019

Percent

4.0 3.7%

3.5 3.0 2.5

3.0%

2.6%

2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 Rent Medical Care Education

0.4%

Electricity

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index

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