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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LEA COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$119,152,075
Total expenses
$119,152,075
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$28,375
Program service revenue
$119,659,698
Investment income
-$673,557
Other revenue
$165,934
Total assets, end of year
$256,477,710
Total liabilities, end of year
$154,720,589
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$101,757,121
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 $117,029,377 · related or exempt $117,029,377

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS

    total $2,476,147 · related or exempt $2,476,147

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $153,974 · related or exempt $153,974

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $200 · related or exempt $200

  • 3 · Investment income

    total -$672,202 · excluded -$672,202

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $5,550

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $5,550

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $5,550 · unrelated business $5,550

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $1,355

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

    other assets $2,710

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$1,355

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,355 · related or exempt -$1,355

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $74,873

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $100,814

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$25,941 · related or exempt -$25,941

  • 11a · Other revenue: POLE ATTACHMENT INCOME

    total $186,325 · excluded $186,325

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $186,325

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $28,375

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $4,417,039

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $837,670

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,932,931

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $776,588

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $707,311

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $329,376

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,115,443

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,912,020

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED POWER

    total $92,922,062

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE

    total $3,236,376

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

    total $2,580,124

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMIN & GENERAL EXPENSE

    total $1,899,302

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,457,458

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $731,420 · end of year $878,459

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,196,059 · end of year $26,566,095

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $16,687,633 · end of year $12,380,982

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,361,684 · end of year $4,201,657

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,489,574 · end of year $666,765

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

    $193,961,214

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

    $81,296,569

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $108,399,088 · end of year $112,664,645

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $50,102,732 · end of year $50,572,871

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $675,287 · end of year $720,388

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $34,957,218 · end of year $37,330,641

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,935,423 · end of year $10,495,207

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,286,880 · end of year $10,559,086

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $369 · end of year $1,174

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $70,323,715 · end of year $86,012,495

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $54,733,468 · end of year $58,147,834

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $36,320 · end of year $36,400

  • 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 $99,155,366 · end of year $101,720,721

Mission and programs · 2022

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 16,295 CONNECTED MEMBERS AT YEAR END.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dan Hardin

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $22,224
    From this org
    $22,224
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kenny Wallace

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $21,921
    From this org
    $21,921
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Charles Garner Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $21,921
    From this org
    $21,921
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Randall McCormick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $24,490
    From this org
    $24,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.6
  • Charles Kinsolving

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $24,321
    From this org
    $24,321
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.9
  • Jason Swann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $20,934
    From this org
    $20,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.7
  • Travis Glenn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $19,949
    From this org
    $19,949
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.7
  • John Graham

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $22,521
    From this org
    $22,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10.7
  • Robert Caudle

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $27,485
    From this org
    $27,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.8
  • Bobby Ferris

    GENERAL MANAGER/EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $631,904
    From this org
    $453,508
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $178,396
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $364,499
    Bonus
    $1,741
    Other
    $87,268
    Deferred
    $167,658
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,738
    Filer's total
    $631,904
  • Bobby Kimbro

    SYSTEM OPERATING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $239,806
    From this org
    $207,006
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,800
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,137
    Bonus
    $1,725
    Other
    $10,144
    Deferred
    $5,854
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,946
    Filer's total
    $239,806
  • Michael Faris

    ACCOUNTING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $243,814
    From this org
    $169,821
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,993
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,790
    Bonus
    $1,725
    Other
    $7,306
    Deferred
    $48,751
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,242
    Filer's total
    $243,814
  • Delton Jones

    SYSTEMS OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $207,397
    From this org
    $156,426
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,971
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $101,186
    Bonus
    $1,841
    Other
    $53,399
    Deferred
    $30,114
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,857
    Filer's total
    $207,397
  • Charles Robinson

    ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $207,560
    From this org
    $148,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,631
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,160
    Bonus
    $487
    Other
    $282
    Deferred
    $32,348
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,283
    Filer's total
    $207,560
  • Douglas Gruenewald

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $217,314
    From this org
    $134,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,432
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,957
    Bonus
    $1,841
    Other
    $3,084
    Deferred
    $60,535
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,897
    Filer's total
    $217,314

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 · Travel for companions
  • 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
TRAVEL FOR COMPANIONS - PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE TRAVEL POLICIES, THE COOPERATIVE WILL REIMBURSE TRUSTEES AND EMPLOYEES FOR THE COST OF HIS/HER SPOUSE TO ACCOMPANY HIM/HER ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS OF THE COOPERATIVE. NO REIMBURSEMENTS WERE REPORTED DURING 2022. 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. THREE EMPLOYEES REPORTED ON THE 2022 FORM 990(FARIS, KIMBRO, AND JONES) 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 $9,542. THE VESTED BENEFITS PAID DURING THE YEAR 2022 WERE REPORTED ON COLUMN (B)"OTHER COMPENSATION", IN THE AMOUNT OF $86,247.
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 $ 148,966 ACCRUALS UNDER THE NQDC PLAN 9,542 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 9,150 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 167,658 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (148,966) LESS: ACCRUAL UNDER THE NQDC PLAN (9,542) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO NQDC PLAN 30,500 ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 85,148 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 124,798 MICHAEL FARIS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 43,970 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,781 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 48,751 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (43,970) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 43,909 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 48,690 BOBBY KIMBRO: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ -0- EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 5,854 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 5,854 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (0) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 54,569 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 60,423 DOUGLAS GRUENEWALD: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 57,060 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,475 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 60,535 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (57,060) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 34,146 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 37,621 CHARLES ROBINSON: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 27,773 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,575 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 32,348 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (27,773) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN -0- EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 4,575 DELTON JONES: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 26,637 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,477 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 30,114 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (26,637) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 28,949 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 32,426

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
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349329482

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