Different From the Rest and Proud to be Your Hometown Utility
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id you know that you and other members who use our services actually own West Florida Electric Cooperative (WFEC)? That’s not the only way your cooperative is special. Cooperatives care about people and community. We do much more than safely power your everyday life with affordable and reliable power. Ever since the people living here in 1937 formed WFEC, our mission has been to meet needs in the area. When other utilities were Kevin Nelson (in white on the back row) not willing to bring electricity to coaches the 2022 Roulhac Middle School the homes, farms and businesses baseball team. here, local people banded together and did so themselves. As the first member-owners of this cooperative, they improved the quality of life for themselves, their neighbors and future generations. Today, your cooperative continues to improve lives. That’s why we promote job development and support education and healthcare. In doing so, we help the community and the people we serve: our member-owners. You will also see our employees, who live and work in these communities, spending their time volunteering to coach baseball, football, volleyball and many other sports. As a not-for-profit electric provider, we do not have shareholders. We are owned and governed by our members. One tangible benefit cooperative members receive is capital credits, or money back to you. We set aside funds to improve and maintain our system, as well as money to cover unexpected costs. The margins are returned to members. That’s different from a for-profit utility, which returns profits to its shareholders rather than to members. We help our communities and the local economy prosper, too. Our economic development team works hard to attract new industries to our region and to help existing businesses thrive. New jobs help people provide for their families. As employees spend money for necessities and other items locally, the area economy benefits. We believe it’s important to give back through support of local nonprofit and civic organizations, such as the American Cancer Society, Alzheimer’s Walk to Remember, Covenant Hospice and many more. To build a brighter future for us all, we’re helping grow tomorrow’s continued on page 4
ISSUE JUNE 2022
ROW Update: West Florida Electric Right of Way Clearing Crews will be cutting & trimming right of ways in the following area(s) during the month of
June
Bascom & Grand Ridge When right-of-way (ROW) crews are trimming in your area, there may be several days between ROW cutting & clean-up crews due to inclement weather, equipment failure or other unforeseen circumstances.
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