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← DUCK RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DUCK RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$239,149,236
Total expenses
$239,149,236
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$234,399,111
Investment income
$4,435,925
Other revenue
$314,200
Total assets, end of year
$317,535,633
Total liabilities, end of year
$140,333,328
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$177,202,305
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$239,149,236

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: SALE OF ELECTRICITY

    total $228,120,349 · related or exempt $228,120,349

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,060,933 · related or exempt $4,060,933

  • 2c · Program service revenue: POLE RENTAL

    total $2,069,463 · excluded $2,069,463

  • 2d · Program service revenue: DARK FIBER

    total $148,366 · excluded $148,366

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $493,270 · excluded $493,270

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $8,142,431

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

    other assets $4,199,776

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $3,942,655

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,942,655 · related or exempt $3,942,655

  • 11a · Other revenue: PATRONAGE CAPITAL REFUND

    total $314,200 · related or exempt $314,200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $314,200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $14,983,837

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,902,284

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,547,221

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,222,262

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,054,879

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,014,890

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $91,290

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $49,689

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,999

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $347,657

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $169,584

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $376,750

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $602,860

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $287,936

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,984,109

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,070,785

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $396,502

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF ELECTRICITY SOLD

    total $166,100,012

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIB. MAINTENANCE EXP.

    total $13,013,402

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIB. OPERATIONS EXP.

    total $4,016,286

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMIN. AND GENERAL EXPENS

    total $2,105,292

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $775,710

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,225,330 · end of year $1,709,954

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $12,886,454 · end of year $7,151,120

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,608,013 · end of year $14,883,363

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $3,216,058 · end of year $8,773,082

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,259,412 · end of year $4,502,092

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $251,154 · end of year $297,378

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

    $409,079,476

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

    $139,571,572

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $254,631,625 · end of year $269,507,904

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,379,889 · end of year $10,710,740

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $31,799,371 · end of year $35,878,960

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $76,364,668 · end of year $75,212,721

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $42,512,575 · end of year $29,241,647

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $847,840 · end of year $854,650

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $145,933,481 · end of year $176,347,655

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE COOPERATIVE EXISTS TO DELIVER RELIABLE ELECTRICITY AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST, TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS MEMBERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RURAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION TO 84,556 MEMBERS LOCATED PRIMARILY IN BEDFORD, COFFEE, FRANKLIN, GILES, MARSHALL, MAURY AND MOORE COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

  • PROVIDING ELECTRIC SERVICE TO 84,556 MEMBERS PRIMARILY IN BEDFORD, COFFEE, FRANKLIN, GILES, MARSHALL, MAURY AND MOORE COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE COOPERATIVE IN MAY OF 1936.

    Expenses $239,149,236

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anthony Kimbrough

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $14,080
    From this org
    $14,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.55
  • Mark Webb

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $13,120
    From this org
    $13,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.26
  • Dana Salters

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $19,380
    From this org
    $19,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.58
  • Philip Duncan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $17,220
    From this org
    $17,220
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.47
  • Buford Jennings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $9,500
    From this org
    $9,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.65
  • James Brent Willis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,900
    From this org
    $12,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.58
  • Baxter White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,980
    From this org
    $13,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.99
  • Mike England

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,900
    From this org
    $14,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.08
  • Wayne Tucker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,440
    From this org
    $13,440
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.85
  • Lyn Stacey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,470
    From this org
    $10,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.69
  • William Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,850
    From this org
    $14,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.93
  • William Henley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,670
    From this org
    $7,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.17
  • Brian Riddle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,690
    From this org
    $8,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.68
  • Barry Cooper

    FORMER DIREC

    Total calculated
    $12,660
    From this org
    $12,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.14
  • Scott Spence

    PRES. & CEO

    Total calculated
    $516,515
    From this org
    $453,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,581
    Hours/week
    63

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $362,489
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $91,445
    Deferred
    $36,637
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,944
    Filer's total
    $516,515
  • Troy Crowell

    INTERIM PRES

    Total calculated
    $292,154
    From this org
    $175,971
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $116,183
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,738
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $3,233
    Deferred
    $91,363
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,820
    Filer's total
    $292,154
  • Michelle Herrman

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $154,304
    From this org
    $120,408
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,896
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,512
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $5,896
    Deferred
    $27,283
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,613
    Filer's total
    $154,304
  • James Edde

    SR. DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $198,435
    From this org
    $153,163
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,272
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,327
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $1,836
    Deferred
    $34,466
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,806
    Filer's total
    $198,435
  • Jeff Hockaday

    DIST. OPER.

    Total calculated
    $214,047
    From this org
    $152,121
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,926
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,367
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $5,754
    Deferred
    $51,180
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,746
    Filer's total
    $214,047
  • Tim Shelton

    SENIOR LINEM

    Total calculated
    $189,013
    From this org
    $151,919
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,094
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $85,414
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $66,505
    Deferred
    $19,097
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,997
    Filer's total
    $189,013
  • Julie Murdock

    SR PURCHASIN

    Total calculated
    $182,538
    From this org
    $146,777
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,761
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,055
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $722
    Deferred
    $15,405
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,356
    Filer's total
    $182,538
  • Jeff Holt

    SR WORKING F

    Total calculated
    $177,295
    From this org
    $147,705
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,590
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,950
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $4,755
    Deferred
    $19,241
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,349
    Filer's total
    $177,295
  • James Bates

    FORMER CONTR

    Total calculated
    $167,086
    From this org
    $144,459
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,627
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,060
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $1,399
    Deferred
    $12,005
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,622
    Filer's total
    $167,086

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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)

SCHEDULE J, PART III
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A - FRINGE OR EXPENSE EXPLANATION EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT OF HEALTH CLUB MEMBERSHIP DUES ALLOWANCE OF 50% OF DUES PAID TO A MAXIMUM OF 200 PER YEAR PER EMPLOYEE UPON PRESENTATION OF A PAID RECEIPT. NO HEALTH CLUB DUES WERE REIMBURSED TO ANY DIRECTORS.

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
18 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202443599349300004

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