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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by HIGH WEST ENERGY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$68,151,624
Total expenses
$68,153,215
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$16,598
Program service revenue
$66,532,478
Investment income
$746,164
Other revenue
$872,982
Total assets, end of year
$158,074,959
Total liabilities, end of year
$107,519,224
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$50,555,735
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: SALES OF ELECTRICITY

    total $65,804,854 · related or exempt $65,804,854

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS

    total $727,624 · related or exempt $727,624

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $666,237 · excluded $666,237

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $39,955

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $39,955

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $39,955 · excluded $39,955

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $390,230

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

    other assets $310,303

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $79,927

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $79,927 · related or exempt $79,927

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,691,676

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $879,380

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $812,296 · related or exempt $812,296

  • 11a · Other revenue: POLE ATTACHMENT INCOME

    total $20,731 · excluded $20,731

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $20,731

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $16,598

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $9,137,639

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $613,909

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,531,428

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $327,814

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $919,529

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $272,890

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,555,398

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,547,468

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED POWER

    total $38,558,335

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE

    total $2,615,533

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMIN & GENERAL EXPENSE

    total $2,208,299

  • 24d · Other expenses: COST OF GOODS SOLD

    total $815,117

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,033,258

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,867,660 · end of year $3,064,197

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,178,383 · end of year $5,888,442

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,656,269 · end of year $5,737,656

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $426,368 · end of year $8,102,570

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,931,536 · end of year $9,191,187

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,303,930 · end of year $627,971

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

    $147,390,266

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

    $47,651,559

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $97,140,657 · end of year $99,738,707

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,411,499 · end of year $106,463

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $25,402,296 · end of year $25,603,279

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,855 · end of year $14,487

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,674,985 · end of year $4,724,137

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $21,653 · end of year $35,039

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $89,010,269 · end of year $86,137,324

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $21,175,534 · end of year $16,622,724

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $42,457,012 · end of year $50,555,735

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE HIGH WEST ENERGY IS TO SERVE OUR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING SAFE, RELIABLE, AND COMPETITIVELY PRICED ENERGY AND SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE QUALITY AND RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MEMBERS AT COST ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS.

  • PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY TO OUR MEMBERS ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF PATRONAGE CAPITAL. THERE WERE 10,890 ACTIVE METERS AT YEAR END.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gary Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $24,298
    From this org
    $24,298
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 1 related
  • Kevin Thomas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $25,100
    From this org
    $25,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related
  • Damon Birkhofer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,050
    From this org
    $24,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Ed Prosser

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $24,050
    From this org
    $24,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Jerry Burnett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,050
    From this org
    $24,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 1 related
  • Michael Lerwick

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $24,050
    From this org
    $24,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 1 related
  • Kosha Olsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,050
    From this org
    $24,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related
  • Lindsay Forepaugh

    CFO (JAN-JUN)

    Total calculated
    $94,433
    From this org
    $68,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,421
    Hours/week
    55
  • Joshua Gorman

    CFO (AUG-DEC)

    Total calculated
    $76,950
    From this org
    $58,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,988
    Hours/week
    42
  • Jared Routh

    CEO/GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $272,878
    From this org
    $217,813
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,065
    Hours/week
    51 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,235
    Bonus
    $11,150
    Other
    $2,428
    Deferred
    $24,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,465
    Filer's total
    $272,878
  • Marvin Powell

    WAFB OPERATIONS MANAGER AND HWW MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $193,548
    From this org
    $145,733
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,815
    Hours/week
    53

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,162
    Bonus
    $1,650
    Other
    $3,921
    Deferred
    $16,945
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,870
    Filer's total
    $193,548
  • Kenneth Hass

    OPERATIONS MANAGER (JAN-NOV)

    Total calculated
    $187,496
    From this org
    $143,418
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,078
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,661
    Bonus
    $5,550
    Other
    $20,207
    Deferred
    $14,476
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,602
    Filer's total
    $187,496
  • David Golden

    ENGINEERING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $188,396
    From this org
    $141,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,492
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,903
    Bonus
    $1,650
    Other
    $4,351
    Deferred
    $16,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,092
    Filer's total
    $188,396
  • Michael Rotert

    FOREMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $180,773
    From this org
    $136,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,353
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,294
    Bonus
    $1,650
    Other
    $1,476
    Deferred
    $12,458
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,895
    Filer's total
    $180,773
  • Robert McCluskey

    FOREMAN LINEMAN

    Total calculated
    $162,652
    From this org
    $129,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,653
    Hours/week
    46

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,274
    Bonus
    $2,150
    Other
    $2,575
    Deferred
    $12,459
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,194
    Filer's total
    $162,652

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

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
TRANSPORTATION, LODGING, AND MEALS WILL BE PROVIDED TO EACH DIRECTOR'S SPOUSE AND THE CEO/GENERAL MANAGER'S SPOUSE FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION'S (NRECA) ANNUAL MEETING. DIRECTORS WILL ALSO BE REIMBURSED FOR MEALS AND INCIDENTALS IF THEIR SPOUSE ACCOMPANIES THEM TO THE WREA, NREA, TRI-STATE, MIDWEST ANNUAL MEETINGS, REGIONAL 7 MEETINGS AND THE NRECA LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE. ONE INDIVIDUAL REPORTED ON PART VII (SMITH) RECEIVED THIS BENEFIT DURING THE YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE VALUE OF THE BENEFIT WAS INCLUDED IN THE RESPECTIVE REPORTABLE COMPENSATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

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.

  • HIGH WEST COMMUNICATION INC

    C · ELECTRICAL WIRING/TECH SUPPORT · WY · 100% owned · share of income $483,539 · share of assets $123,041 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by HIGH WEST ENERGY INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
24 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349320746

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