REA Annual Meeting: Proxy Voting

Hello Fellow OCREA Members,

Proxy Voting

You can sign and send the form to me by email. (Take a clear photo of it.) I'll print and submit them at the meeting.

I've copied my earlier message below.

I hope to see everyone on Saturday!

Best

Sarah

Hello Fellow OCREA Members,

You are receiving this email because you are on my old list of OCREA members, which is extremely outdated. Unsubscribe if you do not want to receive these ≈yearly emails.

This is your annual reminder that your electric company is a cooperative! You have a say in how it is run.

All members are invited. You can make a difference and get a free lunch! And door prizes!

This meeting often does not have a quorum (50 people), which prevents important business from being done. The meeting gives you a chance to:

• meet the coop staff and directors;
• learn and ask about energy efficiency programs, brush removal, meter upgrades, rate changes, energy portfolio, service outages, the financial state of the cooperative, board policies, plans, etc.
• And to vote on policies that guide the cooperative.

You can be represented by proxy, per the coop bylaws:

Fifty (50) members present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the members. 

Let me know by June 18th if you wish to designate a proxy to vote on your behalf at this meeting. (Members participating by proxy do not get lunch 😄.)

Information and notes:

• Some members continue to be concerned that regular board meetings are closed to members; members can vote to change this policy.
• Meeting minutes are available for past board meetings.
• The most recent tax filings for OCREA are nicely summarized by ProPublica (for 2023, filed Nov 2024). 
  • Several changes have occurred since that filing: Dallas Aho is now CEO and several board members have changed.
• Net metering update: if you generate your own power, you will have received a letter from OCREA with updates to your agreement. This change does not affect continuing net metering rates and processes. This only changes how much you will receive for any banked energy remaining when you leave the program. Come to the meeting to find out if further changes are being considered.

Did I mention prize drawings and lunch!?

See you in Chassell on Saturday, June 21st!

- Sarah

p.s. This is my own unofficial email list; I do not have access to the coop's members list.

p.p.s. This newsletter is sent via my CRAG site, which is not affiliated with OCREA.