Annual meeting recap; Your trusted energy advisor

Annual meeting recap

Your trusted energy advisor

Cass County Electric Cooperative’s (CCEC) 85th annual meeting was held on April 18 at the Delta by Marriott in Fargo. Just over 500 total guests, including 309 registered members of CCEC attended.

Notable guests included Public Service Commissioners Sheri Haugen-Hoffart and Randy Christmann and North Dakota’s congressional delegation representatives. The cooperative welcomed numerous retired employees, directors, and neighboring cooperative representatives.

197 members voted via absentee ballot before the meeting. 285 ballots were submitted at the meeting, for a total of 482 votes. Thank you to the teller committee, consisting of Karen Egeberg and Jane Lindemann.

Four CCEC districts were up for reelection— District 1, District 4, District 5, and District At-large. Districts 1 and 5 ran unopposed, while Districts 4 and District At-large had three contestants running in each district. Your complete CCEC board of directors is listed here.

The meeting included presentations by Board Chair Glenn Mitzel, CCEC President/CEO Marshal Albright, and CCEC Chief Financial Officer Chad Sapa, providing the financial report. Albright discussed cooperative growth, weather impacts, reliability, cyber security, and power markets.

Attendees enjoyed a meal of beef jardinière, cranberry pasta, mashed potatoes, and seasonal vegetables. Dessert was an option of a fruit tart or chocolate torte.

14 lucky members went home with $100 gift cards to local businesses, and two lucky winners won $100 CCEC energy credits.