June 2023 Editorial

June 2023 Highline Notes Editorial

Marshal Albright, Cass County Electric Cooperative president & CEO

Annual Meeting update
At our annual meeting in April, the membership voted to retain directors Tom Seymour, District 5; Paul White, District 1; Terry Kraft, District At-large, and we welcome our new director for District 4, Stacey Ackerman, from Reilies Acres. Congratulations to all candidates for being elected to represent the membership as directors for the cooperative.

PURPA Hearing
In the December 2022 issue of the Highline Notes, we published the following notice of hearing for member comment. If you would like to submit comments, see the instructions below:

Pursuant to amendments included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the “Act”) to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., as amended, the Board of Directors of Cass County Electric Cooperative Inc. (the “cooperative”) will hold a paper hearing on Monday, July 24, 2023, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at 3312 42nd Street South, Fargo, ND 58104, to consider the following two standards

Whether the cooperative will

• (i) promote the use of demand-response and demand flexibility practices by commercial, residential, and industrial consumers to reduce electricity consumption during periods of unusually high demand and
• (ii) establish rate mechanisms for the timely recovery of the costs of promoting demand-response and demand flexibility practices. 16 U.S.C. § 2621(d)(20).

Whether the cooperative will consider measures to promote greater electrification of the transportation sector, including establishing rates that

• (i) promote affordable and equitable electric vehicle charging options for residential, commercial, and public electric vehicle charging infrastructure,
• (ii) improve the customer experience associated with electric vehicle charging, including by reducing charging times for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles,
• (iii) accelerate third-party investment in electric vehicle charging for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles, and (iv) appropriately recover the marginal costs of delivering electricity to electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. 16 U.S.C. § 2621(d)(21).

Cass County Electric Cooperative (CCEC) already has policies that support the new PURPA standards being considered. CCEC staff welcomes the public’s comments and recommendations for the board’s consideration regarding improvements to the current CCEC policies for compliance with these new PURPA standards.

All members of the cooperative, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and affected utilities and their customers may participate and submit comments for consideration of the board by delivering them to the cooperative at its address set forth below or on the cooperative’s website at CassCountyElectric.com/purpa-2023 by the close of business on June 9, 2023 a statement detailing their position relative to the adoption of one or both of the standards and their response to the written position of the cooperative staff relative to all of the standards. The procedural rules and other information relating to the proceedings and how to participate may be obtained on the cooperative’s website at CassCountyElectric.com/purpa-2023 or through a written request mailed to the following address:

Paul White, Board Secretary, Cass County Electric Cooperative
Attn: PURPA Proceedings
3312 42nd St S, Suite 200
Fargo ND 58104.