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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LEA COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$110,564,018
Total expenses
$111,537,451
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$36,580
Program service revenue
$108,335,221
Investment income
$2,026,567
Other revenue
$202,230
Total assets, end of year
$261,032,072
Total liabilities, end of year
$154,245,223
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$106,786,849
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 $103,167,168 · related or exempt $103,167,168

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS

    total $4,998,726 · related or exempt $4,998,726

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $167,527 · related or exempt $167,527

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $1,800 · related or exempt $1,800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,037,021 · excluded $2,037,021

  • 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

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

    other assets $10,454

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$10,454

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$10,454 · related or exempt -$10,454

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $61,710

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $61,471

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $239 · related or exempt $239

  • 11a · Other revenue: POLE ATTACHMENT INCOME

    total $193,361 · excluded $193,361

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $193,361

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $36,580

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $9,502,205

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $779,738

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,552,046

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $715,910

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $914,606

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $360,973

  • 20 · Interest

    total $947,068

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,113,028

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED POWER

    total $77,234,845

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE

    total $4,526,322

  • 24c · Other expenses: COST OF REMOVAL, NET

    total $2,663,383

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMIN & GENERAL EXPENSE

    total $2,327,281

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,863,466

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $878,459 · end of year $434,775

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $26,566,095 · end of year $23,818,259

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,380,982 · end of year $8,131,969

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,201,657 · end of year $6,435,102

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $666,765 · end of year $861,250

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

    $203,045,246

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

    $85,047,120

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $112,664,645 · end of year $117,998,126

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $50,572,871 · end of year $49,114,129

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $720,388 · end of year $767,097

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $37,330,641 · end of year $42,200,496

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,495,207 · end of year $11,270,869

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,559,086 · end of year $9,434,895

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,174 · end of year $707

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $86,012,495 · end of year $83,336,017

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $58,147,834 · end of year $61,473,604

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $36,400 · end of year $36,360

  • 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 $101,720,721 · end of year $106,750,489

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LEA COUNTY ELECTRIC IS A COMMUNITY FOCUSED COOPERATIVE THAT STRIVES TO BE INNOVATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.

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 16,400 CONNECTED MEMBERS AT YEAR END.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Graham

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $29,445
    From this org
    $29,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    11.2
  • Charles Garner Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $25,625
    From this org
    $25,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Robert Caudle

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $25,423
    From this org
    $25,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.8
  • Charles Kinsolving

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $30,646
    From this org
    $30,646
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.7
  • Kenny Wallace

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $22,580
    From this org
    $22,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.4
  • Jason Swann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $24,075
    From this org
    $24,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.9
  • Dan Hardin

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $22,724
    From this org
    $22,724
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Travis Glenn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $22,988
    From this org
    $22,988
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.8
  • Randall McCormick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $38,162
    From this org
    $38,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.1
  • Bobby Ferris

    GENERAL MANAGER/EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $538,070
    From this org
    $399,133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $138,937
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $373,117
    Bonus
    $1,741
    Other
    $24,275
    Deferred
    $125,337
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,600
    Filer's total
    $538,070
  • Bobby Kimbro

    SYSTEM OPERATING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $304,280
    From this org
    $222,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,050
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,402
    Bonus
    $6,844
    Other
    $12,984
    Deferred
    $58,701
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,349
    Filer's total
    $304,280
  • Douglas Gruenewald

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $225,376
    From this org
    $151,681
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,695
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,038
    Bonus
    $1,841
    Other
    $3,802
    Deferred
    $51,346
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,349
    Filer's total
    $225,376
  • Alfredo Melendez

    LINE SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $231,441
    From this org
    $147,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $84,067
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,558
    Bonus
    $7,255
    Other
    $8,561
    Deferred
    $61,551
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,516
    Filer's total
    $231,441
  • Arthur Pando

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $202,416
    From this org
    $145,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,674
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,127
    Bonus
    $1,841
    Other
    $4,774
    Deferred
    $29,478
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,196
    Filer's total
    $202,416
  • Kyle Coleman

    IT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $220,219
    From this org
    $139,652
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,567
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,655
    Bonus
    $1,840
    Other
    $6,157
    Deferred
    $53,594
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,973
    Filer's total
    $220,219

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. TWO EMPLOYEES REPORTED ON PART VII OF THE 2023 FORM 990 (KIMBRO AND PANDO) RECEIVED THIS BENEFIT DURING THE YEAR.
PART I, LINE 4B
BOBBY FERRIS PARTICIPATES IN A SECTION 457(F) NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION (NQDC) PLAN. BENEFITS ACCRUED UNDER THE PLAN FOR THE YEAR WERE $11,131.
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. BOBBY FERRIS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 104,306 ACCRUALS UNDER THE NQDC PLAN 11,131 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 9,900 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 125,337 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (104,306) LESS: ACCRUAL UNDER THE NQDC PLAN (11,131) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO NQDC PLAN 3,340 ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 61,741 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 74,981 BOBBY KIMBRO: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 52,554 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 6,147 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 58,701 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (52,554) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 42,312 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 48,459 ALFREDO MELENDEZ: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 57,548 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,003 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 61,551 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (57,548) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 28,603 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 32,606 DOUGLAS GRUENEWALD: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 47,698 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,648 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 51,346 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (47,698) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 26,363 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 30,011 KYLE COLEMAN: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 49,600 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,994 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 53,594 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (49,600) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 25,777 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 29,771 ARTHUR PANDO: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 26,070 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,408 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 29,478 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (26,070) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 24,525 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 27,933

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

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
2023
Filed
30 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349322779

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