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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LEA COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$115,478,058
Total expenses
$114,864,140
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$16,635
Program service revenue
$113,870,352
Investment income
$1,413,918
Other revenue
$193,788
Total assets, end of year
$299,904,110
Total liabilities, end of year
$177,482,274
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$122,421,836
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 $111,555,996 · related or exempt $111,555,996

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS

    total $2,095,577 · related or exempt $2,095,577

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $216,779 · related or exempt $216,779

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $2,000 · related or exempt $2,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,364,619 · excluded $1,364,619

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $8,630

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $8,630

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $8,630 · unrelated business $8,630

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $49,299

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $49,299

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $49,299 · related or exempt $49,299

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $27,886

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $27,821

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $65 · related or exempt $65

  • 11a · Other revenue: POLE ATTACHMENT INCOME

    total $185,093 · excluded $185,093

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $185,093

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $16,635

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $8,301,034

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $843,250

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,186,592

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $875,679

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $944,151

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $410,503

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,830,876

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,824,300

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED POWER

    total $80,573,872

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE

    total $4,300,932

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMIN & GENERAL EXPENSE

    total $2,480,044

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONSUMER EXPENSE

    total $984,266

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,292,006

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,861,911 · end of year $1,397,336

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $18,259,726 · end of year $19,340,494

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,017,774 · end of year $7,835,683

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $9,252,320 · end of year $9,822,565

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $147,049 · end of year $71,847

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

    $235,042,402

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

    $88,139,920

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $125,165,008 · end of year $146,902,482

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $50,877,884 · end of year $52,965,042

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $816,928 · end of year $869,735

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $46,149,070 · end of year $48,112,448

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,816,022 · end of year $12,586,478

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,742,300 · end of year $12,389,334

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $79,916,755 · end of year $101,270,176

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $67,154,158 · end of year $63,822,764

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $36,820 · end of year $37,685

  • 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 $113,513,659 · end of year $122,384,151

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

LEA COUNTY ELECTRIC IS A COMMUNITY FOCUSED COOPERATIVE THAT STRIVES TO BE INNOVATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, WHILE PROVIDING ITS MEMBERS HIGH VALUE, LOW COST, AND SAFE RELIABLE SERVICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC ENERGY TO RURAL AREAS AT COST ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS.

  • SALE OF ELECTRIC POWER TO OUR MEMBERS AT COST ON COOPERATIVE BASIS THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF PATRONAGE CAPITAL. THERE WERE 16,775 CONNECTED MEMBERS AT YEAR END.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Graham

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $24,403
    From this org
    $24,403
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.8
  • Robert Caudle

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $24,468
    From this org
    $24,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.1
  • Dan Hardin

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $25,777
    From this org
    $25,777
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles Garner Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $23,503
    From this org
    $23,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Charles Kinsolving

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $27,403
    From this org
    $27,403
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kenneth Wallace

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $23,803
    From this org
    $23,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jason Swann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $23,579
    From this org
    $23,579
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.6
  • Travis Glenn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $22,605
    From this org
    $22,605
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Randall McCormick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $27,105
    From this org
    $27,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.7
  • Robert Ferris

    EVP & GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $620,604
    From this org
    $484,252
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $136,352
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $448,318
    Bonus
    $2,253
    Other
    $33,681
    Deferred
    $118,524
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,828
    Filer's total
    $620,604
  • Bobby Kimbro

    ENGINEERING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $337,474
    From this org
    $231,928
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $105,546
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,549
    Bonus
    $2,253
    Other
    $14,126
    Deferred
    $64,028
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,518
    Filer's total
    $337,474
  • Denise McDaniel

    ACCOUNTING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $313,189
    From this org
    $170,061
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $143,128
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,179
    Bonus
    $1,733
    Other
    $2,149
    Deferred
    $108,009
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,119
    Filer's total
    $313,189
  • Kyle Coleman

    IT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $308,864
    From this org
    $169,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $139,346
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,869
    Bonus
    $2,382
    Other
    $5,267
    Deferred
    $100,701
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,645
    Filer's total
    $308,864
  • Christopher Bessenecker

    HR MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $204,845
    From this org
    $160,794
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,051
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,466
    Bonus
    $1,029
    Other
    $15,299
    Deferred
    $28,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,726
    Filer's total
    $204,845
  • Douglas Gruenwald

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $265,567
    From this org
    $158,522
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $107,045
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,183
    Bonus
    $2,382
    Other
    $5,957
    Deferred
    $73,927
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,118
    Filer's total
    $265,567

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 · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 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
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
HEALTH OR SOCIAL CLUB DUES - PURSUANT TO THE COOPERATIVE'S WELLNESS POLICY, THE COOPERATIVE WILL PAY UP TO $1,200 ANNUALLY FOR THE COST OF AN EMPLOYEE'S GYM MEMBERSHIP. ONE EMPLOYEE REPORTED ON PART VII OF THE 2025 FORM 990 (KIMBRO) RECEIVED THIS BENEFIT DURING THE YEAR.
PART I, LINE 4B
ROBERT FERRIS PARTICIPATES IN A SECTION 457(F) NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION (NQDC) PLAN. BENEFITS ACCRUED UNDER THE PLAN FOR THE YEAR WERE $2,925.
PART II, COLUMN C:
INCLUDED IN THIS AMOUNT IS THE INCREASE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE OF BENEFITS PAYABLE UNDER A DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN. THE CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE NRECA R&S DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN ARE THE SAME FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THIS MULTI-EMPLOYER PLAN. THE CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE FOR EACH PARTICIPANT, HOWEVER, VARIES WITH AGE, YEARS OF SERVICE AND THE CURRENT INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT. IN OTHER WORDS, THE OLDER A PLAN PARTICIPANT IS, THE GREATER THE INCREASE IN THAT INDIVIDUAL'S CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE, ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL. BECAUSE THIS RELATES TO A MULTI-EMPLOYER PLAN, CASH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN IN LIEU OF THE ACTUARIAL INCREASE ARE EXPENSED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ROBERT FERRIS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 115,599 ACCRUALS UNDER THE NQDC PLAN 2,925 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 0 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 118,524 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (115,599) LESS: ACCRUAL UNDER THE NQDC PLAN (2,925) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 75,915 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 75,915 BOBBY KIMBRO: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 57,546 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 6,482 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 64,028 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (57,546) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 45,523 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 52,005 DENISE MCDANIEL: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 102,950 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 5,059 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 108,009 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (102,950) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 34,964 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 40,023 KYLE COLEMAN: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 95,801 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,900 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 100,701 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (95,801) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 33,836 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 38,736 DOUGLAS GRUENWALD: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 69,961 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,966 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 73,927 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (69,961) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 27,692 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 31,658 CHRISTOPHER BESSENECKER: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 16,625 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 11,700 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 28,325 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (16,625) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 12,692 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 24,392

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
1 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622449349300937

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