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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SOUTH RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$109,686,443
Total expenses
$107,495,211
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$109,620,676
Investment income
$50,590
Other revenue
$15,177
Total assets, end of year
$303,047,273
Total liabilities, end of year
$180,344,479
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$122,702,794
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$107,495,211

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

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 REVENUE

    total $105,731,435 · related or exempt $105,731,435

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PAT CAP CREDITS

    total $2,829,807 · related or exempt $2,829,807

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUES

    total $984,395 · related or exempt $984,395

  • 2d · Program service revenue: POLE RENTAL

    total $75,039 · related or exempt $75,039

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $50,590 · excluded $50,590

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $960

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $960

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $960 · excluded $960

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $15,187

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $970

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $14,217 · related or exempt $14,217

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $4,010,821

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $670,073

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,135,891

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,508,368

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED POWER

    total $67,941,733

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION MAINTENANCE

    total $6,384,918

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMIN. & GENERAL EXP.

    total $4,908,108

  • 24d · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS

    total $2,353,929

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,581,370

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,511,574 · end of year $2,441,799

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $647,311 · end of year $682,774

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,964,636 · end of year $11,382,657

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,819,444 · end of year $1,638,889

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,118,595 · end of year $4,635,334

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $365,234 · end of year $431,028

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

    $329,364,278

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

    $84,471,630

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $228,582,713 · end of year $244,892,648

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $5,214,200 · end of year $5,534,053

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $28,632,417 · end of year $31,059,679

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $360,785 · end of year $348,412

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,263,884 · end of year $16,260,846

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $118,080,566 · end of year $132,593,202

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $5,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $33,227,682 · end of year $26,490,431

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $117,644,777 · end of year $122,702,794

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SOUTH RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION (SOUTH RIVER) IS A PREMIER LOCALLY-OWNED AND OPERATED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE WITH A MISSION TO PROVIDE SAFE, RELIABLE, COMPETITIVELY-PRICED ELECTRICITY. SOUTH RIVER IS COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE AND EMPOWERING ITS MEMBERS. SOUTH RIVER IS DEDICATED TO HIGH STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE AND INTEGRITY. THE COOPERATIVE'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS ITS MEMBERS.

  • TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO ALL WHO DESIRE IT WITHIN THE AREAS WHICH IT SERVES.

    Expenses $107,495,211

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr E Sue Godwin-Baker

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $17,560
    From this org
    $17,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.8
  • Kelly Harrington

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $20,254
    From this org
    $20,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.8
  • Sue R Flowers

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $18,156
    From this org
    $18,156
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.4
  • George B Williams

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $18,010
    From this org
    $18,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.6
  • Clarence Wayne Collier Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $18,010
    From this org
    $18,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.8
  • James W Simmons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $18,160
    From this org
    $18,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.1
  • Jeffrey Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,260
    From this org
    $17,260
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.4
  • Kayla R Bartley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,554
    From this org
    $8,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.4
  • Dorcas A Fisher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,110
    From this org
    $17,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Clifton McNeill Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,702
    From this org
    $2,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3
  • Christopher M Spears

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $514,297
    From this org
    $401,104
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $113,193
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $362,518
    Bonus
    $5,737
    Other
    $32,849
    Deferred
    $67,617
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,576
    Filer's total
    $514,297
  • Andrew A Hardy

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $281,386
    From this org
    $207,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,011
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,493
    Bonus
    $3,075
    Other
    $9,807
    Deferred
    $39,205
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,806
    Filer's total
    $281,386
  • Larry C Richardson Jr

    VP OF E&O

    Total calculated
    $260,991
    From this org
    $198,347
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,644
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,793
    Bonus
    $3,075
    Other
    $3,479
    Deferred
    $39,205
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,439
    Filer's total
    $260,991
  • Catherine O'Dell

    VP OF MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $256,305
    From this org
    $183,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,095
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,034
    Bonus
    $3,340
    Other
    $8,836
    Deferred
    $34,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,842
    Filer's total
    $256,305
  • Steven K Holmes

    SUPERVISOR L

    Total calculated
    $243,969
    From this org
    $178,996
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,973
    Hours/week
    46

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,588
    Bonus
    $2,261
    Other
    $2,147
    Deferred
    $29,215
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,758
    Filer's total
    $243,969
  • David L Larson Jr

    SUPERVISOR L

    Total calculated
    $241,070
    From this org
    $174,527
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,543
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,252
    Bonus
    $2,266
    Other
    $2,009
    Deferred
    $29,284
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,259
    Filer's total
    $241,070

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART III
THE IRS HAS PLACED LIMITS, BASED ON INCOME, FOR STANDARD PENSION PLANS, WHICH CAN PREVENT AN INDIVIDUAL FROM RECEIVING THE SAME PENSION BENEFIT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE CORPORATION. IN AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN MEMBERS OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT ARE PROVIDED THE SAME PENSION BENEFIT AS ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES, THE CORPORATION HAS ESTABLISHED AN IRS APPROVED EXECUTIVE BENEFIT RESTORATION (EBR) PLAN. THE EBR PLAN IS A NONCONTRIBUTORY DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN SPONSORED BY SOUTH RIVER EMC. BENEFITS UNDER THE EBR PLAN ARE BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMOUNTS WITHOUT IRS QUALIFIED PENSION PLAN LIMITS ON COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AND THOSE WITH SUCH LIMITS AS DETERMINED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE NRECA RS PLAN. THE EBR PLAN IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE PARTICIPANT BENEFITS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID TO A PARTICIPANT IF THERE WERE NO LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS FROM THE RS PLAN DUE TO IRC 401(A)(17) OR 415. THE PLAN IS UNFUNDED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023. IN 2023 THE CURRENT CEO RECEIVED A DISTRIBUTION FROM THE EBR PLAN OF 8,602. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED AS A COMPONENT OF SCHEDULE J, COLUMN B (III). THIS AMOUNT IS CONSIDERED COMPENSATION BUT IS NOT REGARDED AS BASE COMPENSATION OR SALARY FOR THE CEO. FUTURE DISTRIBUTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIMITED TO ONE YEAR. ONCE THE CEO IS SEPARATED FROM THE COOPERATIVE, EBR DISTRIBUTIONS WILL CEASE. ADDITIONALLY IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT NONE OF THE CURRENT CEO'S SALARY IS BEING DEFERRED.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441299349301904

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