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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GREAT LAKES ENERGY COOPERATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$278,373,109
Total expenses
$275,076,316
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$275,753,525
Investment income
$2,073,052
Other revenue
$546,532
Total assets, end of year
$1,040,503,055
Total liabilities, end of year
$759,492,086
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$281,010,969
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Electric Sales

    total $253,636,156 · related or exempt $253,636,156

  • 2b · Program service revenue: G&T Cooperative Capital Credits

    total $11,194,791 · related or exempt $11,194,791

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Fiber Optic ROU Asset

    total $10,880,961 · related or exempt $10,880,961

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $41,617 · related or exempt $41,617

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,883,485 · unrelated business $1,625,269 · excluded $258,216

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $674,962

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $78,746

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $596,216

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $596,216 · unrelated business $100,132 · excluded $496,084

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $464,301

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $274,734

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $189,567

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $189,567 · excluded $189,567

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total -$49,684 · excluded -$49,684

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$49,684

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $18,450,398

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,852,155

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $34,862,714

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,804,139

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,698,356

  • 20 · Interest

    total $20,915,465

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $28,525,348

  • 24a · Other expenses: Cost of Power

    total $137,651,688

  • 24b · Other expenses: UBI Taxes

    total $5,497

  • 24c · Other expenses: Distribution Expenses

    total $47,541,369

  • 24d · Other expenses: Administrative & Genera

    total $12,550,058

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$36,780,871

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $419,210

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $936,247 · end of year $2,516,824

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $32,687,784 · end of year $34,274,229

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,745,502 · end of year $1,469,811

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $18,557,698 · end of year $20,084,445

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,200,244 · end of year $3,689,678

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,030,531,916

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $227,997,925

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $739,560,874 · end of year $802,533,991

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $715,770 · end of year $817,576

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $159,461,114 · end of year $168,497,072

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $3,074,456

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $6,619,429

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,071,967 · end of year $39,383,196

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $15,306,306

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $646,400,358 · end of year $684,653,401

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,859,855 · end of year $20,149,183

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $519,740 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $15,398,771 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $246,108,208 · end of year $281,010,969

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Built and led by the communities we serve, we connect our members to innovative energy and communications programs and services.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To deliver reliable electric service at the best possible value for rural Michigan members.

  • Provide electric service to approximately 110,000 members.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Howard Bowersox

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $47,100
    From this org
    $47,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9 + 1 related
  • Janet Anderson

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $29,200
    From this org
    $29,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Paul Byl

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $33,600
    From this org
    $33,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Dale Farrier

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $30,200
    From this org
    $30,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David Coveyou

    Director

    Total calculated
    $31,300
    From this org
    $31,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mark Carson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $39,300
    From this org
    $39,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related
  • Rick Evans

    Director

    Total calculated
    $35,700
    From this org
    $35,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Mary O'Connell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $38,850
    From this org
    $38,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • John LaForge

    Director

    Total calculated
    $39,350
    From this org
    $39,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Shaun Lamp

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $751,086
    From this org
    $585,268
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $165,818
    Hours/week
    57 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $519,658
    Bonus
    $64,090
    Other
    $1,520
    Deferred
    $124,499
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,319
    Filer's total
    $751,086
  • Shari Culver

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $488,827
    From this org
    $338,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $150,057
    Hours/week
    49 + 11 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $291,027
    Bonus
    $45,080
    Other
    $2,663
    Deferred
    $119,030
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,986
    Filer's total
    $495,786
  • Jennifer Wilson

    Chief Impact Officer

    Total calculated
    $502,558
    From this org
    $331,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $171,417
    Hours/week
    51 + 9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,740
    Bonus
    $42,712
    Other
    $2,689
    Deferred
    $140,389
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,296
    Filer's total
    $509,826
  • John Fettig

    Chief Financial Officer (End Apr)

    Total calculated
    $453,492
    From this org
    $327,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $126,477
    Hours/week
    58 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $284,420
    Bonus
    $41,059
    Other
    $1,536
    Deferred
    $95,499
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,472
    Filer's total
    $460,986
  • Denne' Smith

    Chief Financial Officer (Beg Apr)

    Total calculated
    $450,915
    From this org
    $304,823
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $146,092
    Hours/week
    58 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $279,137
    Bonus
    $23,094
    Other
    $2,592
    Deferred
    $101,854
    Nontaxable benefits
    $50,589
    Filer's total
    $457,266
  • Daryl Desloover

    VP of Information Technology

    Total calculated
    $481,981
    From this org
    $312,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $169,865
    Hours/week
    57 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,856
    Bonus
    $41,059
    Other
    $2,201
    Deferred
    $140,768
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,743
    Filer's total
    $488,627
  • Ashley Smith

    VP of Engineering

    Total calculated
    $355,980
    From this org
    $287,876
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,104
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,718
    Bonus
    $32,693
    Other
    $1,465
    Deferred
    $40,046
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,730
    Filer's total
    $361,652
  • Kevin Forbes

    Director of Operations

    Total calculated
    $363,784
    From this org
    $232,397
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $131,387
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,942
    Bonus
    $29,919
    Other
    $2,536
    Deferred
    $103,125
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,762
    Filer's total
    $368,284
  • Thomas McLouth

    Lineworker

    Total calculated
    $276,412
    From this org
    $217,235
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,177
    Hours/week
    54

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,341
    Bonus
    $4,355
    Other
    $96,539
    Deferred
    $33,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,133
    Filer's total
    $278,568
  • Nicholas Ochampaugh

    Lineworker

    Total calculated
    $257,356
    From this org
    $216,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,462
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,518
    Bonus
    $4,368
    Other
    $99,008
    Deferred
    $11,335
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,211
    Filer's total
    $259,440

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part II, Column C, Deferred Compensation:
Included in other compensation is the estimated current year increase in the actuarial value of the defined benefit plan. These amounts do not represent any current year contributions to the plan. They are estimates of the increase in the actuarial value of the plans received from the NRECA. The current year expense and the increase in actuarial value for each employee are reflected in the Schedule O statement for Form 990, Part VII, Column f.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Great Lakes Energy Connections Inc

    C · Fiber Internet · MI · 100% owned · share of income -$2,776,352 · share of assets $28,713,124 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Great Lakes Energy

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533109349301948

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