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C HI E F E X E C U T I V E O F F I C ER
Kiamichi Electric Cooperative 944 SW Highway 2 PO Box 340 Wilburton, Oklahoma 74578 tele: (918) 465-2338 toll free: (800) 888-2731 FAX: (918) 465-2950 www.kiamichielectric.org email: support@kiamichielectric.org HOURS OF OPERATION Monday-Friday 8 am to 5 pm 24-HOUR OUTAGE HOTLINE (800) 888-2731 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Don Parr, President DISTRICT 5 Mark Ichord, Vice President DISTRICT 6 Ron Pelanconi, Treasurer DISTRICT 3 Russell Shaw DISTRICT 1 Amy Miller DISTRICT 2 David Ray DISTRICT 4 Larry Culwell DISTRICT 7 Brett Orme Executive Vice President-CEO Kiamichi Electric provides reliable and affordable electricity to members in Pushmataha, Leflore, Latimer, Atoka and Pittsburg Counties.
“To move forward, you have to give youth, such as education scholarships or the back.” Electric Cooperative Youth Tour, where we This quote from Oprah Winfrey reflects take our community’s brightest young people the special bond and obligation that ties to Washington, D.C. for a week-long tour of KEC to the community we serve. With our nation’s capital. It means organizing food Valentine’s Day approaching, we can’t think and clothing drives and contributing more of a better time to express how much we than $1.5 million to Operation Round Up®, love this community and serving you, the a program that helps local families in need. members of the co-op. It means partnering with organizations like We know when KEC helped bring Salvation Army and other worthy programs. electricity to rural Oklahoma many years Over the last seven decades, our ago, the quality of community-focused life improved for all. programs and other Through the years, giving projects have We want to help meet the longother issues needed fed hungry families to be tackled, and and so much more – term needs of our community we have been at the and we couldn’t do to ensure it continues to thrive forefront of helping any of this without — because just like you, we live to address some of you, our members. those issues. We want We all benefit here too.” to help meet the longfrom these programs term needs of our because of you and community to ensure your neighbors. You it continues to thrive – because just like you, empower KEC through your membership we live here too. and through your participation in and While our top priority is to provide safe, support of these programs. reliable and affordable energy to you, equally As a local business, we are proud to important is our mission to enrich the lives power your life and bring good things to of the consumer-members (that’s you!) that our community. We hope you will continue we serve. This focus to benefit the larger to guide our efforts by sharing your community is central to the way we operate perspective as we plan for the future. The as a cooperative. KEC knows that electricity energy landscape is undergoing dramatic is a critical need for modern-day life, but it change fueled by evolving technology and takes more than poles and power lines to consumer desires for more options. While make a community. the larger environment in which we operate Over time, your co-op has evolved to is constantly changing, one thing remains meet the changing needs of our community, the same. By working together, I’m certain thereby improving the quality of life for that we can continue to do good things for everyone. And that can mean many different our community. things. It can mean programs for Oklahoma’s
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