SEPTEMBER 2020
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ceo’s report BRETT ORME
C H IE F E XE C U T I V E O F F I C E R
As an electric cooperative, our top priority worked remotely. In the office, we limited is always to provide safe, reliable, affordable and modified meetings and gatherings to energy to you, the consumer-members we allow for safe separation. We also adjusted serve. Because we are a co-op, our mission our walk-in office availability and in-person is to enrich the lives of our members and service calls to ensure the health and safety of serve the long-term interests of our local our employees and our valued members. For community––and this mission has never the health and safety of everyone, we think been more critical than in recent months. these measures were the prudent course of One of the seven principles that guides action for the times. all co-ops is “concern for For our members community.” To me, this impacted by COVID-19 The changing principle is the essential who needed help with their DNA of KEC, and it sets us electric bills, we waived late circumstances apart from other electric fees and worked with those utilities. hardest hit to make special due to the Who would have payment arrangements. fathomed in March, that We also directed members pandemic have the COVID-19 virus would to resources not only for amount to a test of our payment assistance but other created both community and our nation? assistance as well. The changing circumstances I tell you about all of challenges and due to the pandemic have these efforts not to boast opportunities. created both challenges and about KEC but to explain opportunities. Over the past how much we care about several months, we’ve all this community — because been challenged to operate differently, and we live here too. KEC has stepped up to help our members We’ve seen other local businesses rising and strengthen the safety net for our more to meet similar challenges during this time, vulnerable neighbors. because that’s what communities do. While As an essential service, and to ensure the challenges caused by COVID-19 have reliability of your power supply, we been daunting, I’m heartened to see how modified our operations to safeguard everyone is pulling together. business continuity. Our line crews and KEC was built by the community to serve other employees adjusted schedules to the community, and that’s what we’ll continue maintain separation. Some employees to do.
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KEC Annual Meeting postponed until further notice Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local officials, KEC’s board of trustees elected to postpone the Annual Meeting until further notice. “Our top priority is the safety of our members, employees and everyone involved in making the Annual Meeting a success,” said CEO Brett Orme.
“Unfortunately, an event like our Annual Meeting would risk the safety of too many, so we join many co-ops across the nation in postponing ours until further notice.” Keep your eye on the Light Post for new developments regarding the Annual Meeting.
