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← KARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by KARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$142,923,586
Total expenses
$141,370,586
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$47,961
Program service revenue
$142,231,878
Investment income
$353,562
Other revenue
$338,146
Total assets, end of year
$243,646,650
Total liabilities, end of year
$48,986,860
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$194,659,790
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 $133,653,932 · related or exempt $133,653,932

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS

    total $8,067,511 · related or exempt $8,067,511

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $510,435 · related or exempt $510,435

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $310,116 · excluded $310,116

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $283,297 · excluded $283,297

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $43,446

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $43,446

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $43,446 · related or exempt $43,446

  • 11a · Other revenue: POLE ATTACHMENT INCOME

    total $54,849 · excluded $54,849

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $54,849

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $47,961

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $7,419,638

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $484,641

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,485,737

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $779,501

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,390,889

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $442,231

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,025,138

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,373,718

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED POWER

    total $105,642,790

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADMIN & GENERAL EXPENSE

    total $2,974,529

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE

    total $2,760,580

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONSUMER EXPENSE

    total $1,203,398

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $339,835

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,521,085 · end of year $3,399,886

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,000,000 · end of year $3,000,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,014,746 · end of year $8,354,038

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $8,808,428 · end of year $8,148,480

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $215,395 · end of year $309,253

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

    $192,517,253

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

    $60,197,536

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $125,568,082 · end of year $132,319,717

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $293,957 · end of year $293,483

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $68,696,102 · end of year $76,513,590

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,770,869 · end of year $11,308,203

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,076,930 · end of year $10,633,266

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $244,993 · end of year $482,008

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $19,235,702 · end of year $25,521,279

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $17,475,400 · end of year $12,350,307

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $73,170 · end of year $73,240

  • 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 $186,782,469 · end of year $194,586,550

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICE TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES AND IMPROVE LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE QUALITY AND RELIABLE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MEMBERS OF THE COOPERATIVE.

  • PROVIDING ELECTRIC POWER TO OUR MEMBERS AT COST ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF PATRONAGE CAPITAL. THERE WERE 23,687 ACTIVE SERVICES AT YEAR END.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Clif Royal

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $35,841
    From this org
    $35,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.82
  • Ross Nieschwitz

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $34,891
    From this org
    $34,891
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.06
  • Paul Brysch Jr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $34,287
    From this org
    $34,287
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.43
  • Boyd Vaughan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $27,891
    From this org
    $27,891
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.98
  • Frank Geyer Jr

    ASST SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $27,857
    From this org
    $27,857
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.48
  • Larry Schendel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $19,427
    From this org
    $19,427
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.87
  • Scott McClaugherty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,654
    From this org
    $16,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eric Halfmann

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $287,793
    From this org
    $234,972
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,821
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,166
    Bonus
    $19,667
    Other
    $16,139
    Deferred
    $19,796
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,025
    Filer's total
    $287,793
  • Randy Ortiz

    MAINTENANCE FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $230,491
    From this org
    $187,582
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,909
    Hours/week
    55.41

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $104,361
    Bonus
    $69,598
    Other
    $13,623
    Deferred
    $11,242
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,667
    Filer's total
    $230,491
  • Russell Korzekwa

    ENGINEERING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $221,029
    From this org
    $170,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,813
    Hours/week
    40.15

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,542
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $21,674
    Deferred
    $18,441
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,372
    Filer's total
    $221,029
  • Paul Rodriguez

    SERVICEMAN

    Total calculated
    $218,518
    From this org
    $176,399
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,119
    Hours/week
    52.82

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $102,584
    Bonus
    $58,961
    Other
    $14,854
    Deferred
    $9,304
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,815
    Filer's total
    $218,518
  • Jason Vyvlecka

    FLEET FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $215,321
    From this org
    $171,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,109
    Hours/week
    49.06

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $107,547
    Bonus
    $40,593
    Other
    $23,072
    Deferred
    $11,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,009
    Filer's total
    $215,321
  • Jesse Benavides

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $211,091
    From this org
    $166,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,849
    Hours/week
    40.15

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $20,042
    Deferred
    $11,417
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,432
    Filer's total
    $211,091

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 · Discretionary spending account
  • 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 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 ENVIORNMENT. 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. ERIC HALFMANN: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 13,821 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 5,975 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 19,796 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (13,821) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 27,450 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 33,425 RANDY ORTIZ: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 8,056 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,186 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 11,242 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (3,186) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 15,321 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 18,507 RUSSELL KORZEKWA: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 13,985 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,456 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 18,441 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (13,985) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 21,617 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 26,073 PAUL RODRIGUEZ: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 6,147 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,157 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 9,304 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (6,147) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 15,321 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 18,507 JASON VYVLECKA: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 7,765 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,335 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 11,100 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (7,765) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 16,177 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 19,512 JESSE BENAVIDES: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 7,031 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,386 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 11,417 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (7,031) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 21,374 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 25,760

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
2025
Filed
1 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642519349300619

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