th Anniversary
Cooperative
Member ConNECtions Newsletter It’s About What We Do
Who We Are
John L. Sims, NEC CEO
You set up your electric service
account with Nueces Electric Cooperative and you think to yourself, “That’s done. Now I just have to pay my monthly bill.” But the truth is we’re more than just a utility provider that you pay each month for electricity. We have more to offer – and we want you, our members, to know about these benefits. There are more than 900 electric cooperatives in the U.S. that serve 42 million members. Nueces Electric Cooperative, your local electric cooperative, serves 32,503 members with lines stretching across 3,351 of miles. So what makes being a member of an electric cooperative unique?
We’re all in this together.
You are a member of Nueces Electric Cooperative – not a customer. And that means you have a voice when it comes to the way we do business. This month, members in Districts 1, 2, and 4 are invited to pick up a petition to become candidates for the NEC Board of Directors. The petitions are at our headquarters in Calallen and more information is contained in the next few pages of this magazine issue. If being a director is a little bigger commitment that you want to give us, each October you have the option to vote for your board of directors – fellow members just like you who govern and guide the Cooperative’s 20
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direction to help us meet our members’ needs. These directors play a key role in making important decisions for our co-op, which is why members’ voices must be heard.
We’re local.
It’s likely that you know an employee of Nueces Electric Cooperative. Our employees – your friends and neighbors
NEC is: Non-Profit Local In it together H e re F o r Yo u ! – share the same concerns for our community that you do. Each year, Nueces Electric Cooperative participates in Relay for Life events, livestock shows, school safety and efficiency program, Youth Tour, scholarships, and our members round up their electric bills each month to allow us to give over $120,000 each year back to community charitable organizations. To learn more about how we work to strengthen our community, visit www.necretail.com or like NEC on Facebook.
We’re not-for-profit.
Nueces Electric Cooperative, doesn’t offer profits to investors—we return money over and above operating costs to you, our members, based on electricity consumption. Annually, electric co-ops nationwide return millions of dollars to members through this capital credits process. Last year, Nueces Electric Cooperative members received $7.6 million from NEC in the form of capital credits and/or NEC Retail Merry Christmas credits.
We’re here for you.
At Nueces Electric Cooperative, our mission is to provide you with safe, reliable, and affordable electricity. We care about our members’ quality of life, which is why our employees are continuously finding innovative ways to improve our service and communications with you. Through new service centers, convenient payment options, electronic services, social media realtime communications, and new technology we meet our commitment to better serve our members and improve our efficiency and cost of services. These are just a few facts about electric cooperatives that make us unique. For more information about Nueces Electric Cooperative and the services we offer, visit us on the web at www.necretail. com or like NEC on Facebook.
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