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Don't forget! The Annual Meeting is coming up Thursday June 17!
It will be held at the Engineering & Operations Center
23999 Road L.4 in Cortez Registration starts at 4:30 PM Meeting starts at 5:30 PM
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or visit the Annual Meeting page.
We are offering the opportunity to watch the Annual Meeting live again via Zoom. Click the button below to find out more information as well as access a form to ask questions of the Board of Directors if you cannot attend.
The following members have successfully qualified to be Board of Director Candidates for the 2021 Election:
District No. 1 District No. 2
Jerry Fetterman Robert A. Barry
Allen Maez
Craig Wickstrom
The full notice can be viewed by clicking here.
Campaign Contribution Reports from Candidates can be viewed by clicking here.
2021 Annual Meeting information and Candidate Statements can be seen by clicking the button below.
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Our primary mission is to safely, responsibly and reliably meet the electrical energy needs of our member-owners.
- Safely means that we put the safety of our employees and the public above any other concern.
- Responsibly means that we provide affordable, equitable and environmentally responsible services for the benefit of our collective membership.
- Reliably means that we work proactively to keep electric service available to our members and diligently to restore service when outages occur.
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2021 Annual Meeting Date and Time
NOTICE OF 2021 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
EMPIRE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC.
The Annual Meeting of the members of Empire Electric Association, Inc. is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021. The meeting will be held at EEA’s Engineering & Operations Center located at 23999 Road L.4, Cortez, Colorado. The following business is scheduled to be transacted:
I. Election of directors submitted by written petition pursuant to Article III Section 4 of the cooperative’s bylaws. One director is to be elected from the following districts:
DISTRICT NO. 1 [Four-year term]
DISTRICT NO. 2 [Four-year term]
(NOTE: Article III, Section 4 of Empire’s bylaws states, “Should there be only one nomination from each district open for election then no ballots will be mailed or cast and the candidate will be declared elected as a matter of law at the annual meeting or within five (5) days thereafter as provided by law.”)
II. Voting upon proposed amendment to the Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation, if necessary
(NOTE: No Bylaw or Articles amendments are proposed.)
III. Reports of Officers, Directors and Committees and action thereon
IV. Any other business transacted which may properly come before the meeting or
any adjournment thereof.
Jerry Fetterman, Secretary-Treasurer
Empire Electric Association, Inc.
PO Box K
Cortez, Colorado 81321
Click Here For Director Election Information Click Here for EEA Policy 12: Director Election and Voting
District 1 and District 2 Have Elections This Year.
Click here for more information on the election and annual meeting.
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