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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEA COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$111,576,586
Total expenses
$113,017,831
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$40,173
Program service revenue
$110,418,081
Investment income
$958,755
Other revenue
$199,750
Total assets, end of year
$270,363,692
Total liabilities, end of year
$156,813,213
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$113,550,479
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 $106,173,751 · related or exempt $106,173,751

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS

    total $4,089,508 · related or exempt $4,089,508

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $154,042 · related or exempt $154,042

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $780 · related or exempt $780

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,352,122 · excluded $1,352,122

  • 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 $216,463

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

    other assets $609,830

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$393,367

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$393,367 · related or exempt -$393,367

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $35,030

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $39,666

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$4,636 · related or exempt -$4,636

  • 11a · Other revenue: POLE ATTACHMENT INCOME

    total $195,756 · excluded $195,756

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $195,756

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $40,173

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $9,962,220

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $813,459

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,638,409

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $768,132

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $849,389

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $363,575

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,275,324

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,284,235

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED POWER

    total $78,012,777

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE

    total $4,312,341

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMIN & GENERAL EXPENSE

    total $3,155,071

  • 24d · Other expenses: NET COST OF REMOVAL

    total $1,162,622

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,380,104

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $434,775 · end of year $1,861,911

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $23,818,259 · end of year $18,259,726

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,131,969 · end of year $6,017,774

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $6,435,102 · end of year $9,252,320

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $861,250 · end of year $147,049

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

    $208,525,787

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

    $83,360,779

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $117,998,126 · end of year $125,165,008

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $49,114,129 · end of year $50,877,884

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $767,097 · end of year $816,928

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $42,200,496 · end of year $46,149,070

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,270,869 · end of year $11,816,022

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,434,895 · end of year $9,742,300

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $77,934,287 · end of year $79,916,755

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $66,876,041 · end of year $67,154,158

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $36,360 · end of year $36,820

  • 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 $106,750,489 · end of year $113,513,659

Mission and programs · 2024

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 16,480 CONNECTED MEMBERS AT YEAR END.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Graham

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $27,002
    From this org
    $27,002
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.2
  • Robert Caudle

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $26,947
    From this org
    $26,947
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.6
  • Dan Hardin

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $26,500
    From this org
    $26,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.7
  • Charles Garner Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $26,702
    From this org
    $26,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3
  • Charles Kinsolving

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $27,602
    From this org
    $27,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.3
  • Kenny Wallace

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $25,202
    From this org
    $25,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.8
  • Jason Swann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $25,779
    From this org
    $25,779
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.8
  • Travis Glenn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $23,883
    From this org
    $23,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.7
  • Randall McCormick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $28,383
    From this org
    $28,383
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.8
  • Robert Ferris

    GENERAL MANAGER & EVP

    Total calculated
    $575,459
    From this org
    $428,163
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $147,296
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $400,643
    Bonus
    $1,843
    Other
    $25,677
    Deferred
    $131,026
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,270
    Filer's total
    $575,459
  • Bobby Kimbro

    ENGINEERING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $308,514
    From this org
    $218,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $90,352
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,252
    Bonus
    $1,843
    Other
    $12,067
    Deferred
    $58,279
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,073
    Filer's total
    $308,514
  • Denise McDaniel

    ACCOUNTING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $264,018
    From this org
    $153,683
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $110,335
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,355
    Bonus
    $1,408
    Other
    $1,920
    Deferred
    $78,720
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,615
    Filer's total
    $264,018
  • Kyle Coleman

    IT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $249,173
    From this org
    $151,213
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $97,960
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,610
    Bonus
    $1,949
    Other
    $5,654
    Deferred
    $63,485
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,475
    Filer's total
    $249,173
  • Douglas Gruenewald

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $230,039
    From this org
    $142,522
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,517
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,158
    Bonus
    $1,949
    Other
    $4,415
    Deferred
    $57,444
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,073
    Filer's total
    $230,039
  • Alfredo Melendez

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $216,469
    From this org
    $146,265
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,204
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,544
    Bonus
    $1,949
    Other
    $8,772
    Deferred
    $37,415
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,789
    Filer's total
    $216,469

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 2024 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 $16,370.
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 $ 104,306 ACCRUALS UNDER THE NQDC PLAN 16,370 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 10,350 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 131,026 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (104,306) LESS: ACCRUAL UNDER THE NQDC PLAN (16,370) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 74,831 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 85,181 BOBBY KIMBRO: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 52,078 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 6,201 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 58,279 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (52,078) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 44,442 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 50,643 DENISE MCDANIEL: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 74,142 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,578 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 78,720 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (74,142) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 31,451 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 36,029 KYLE COLEMAN: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 59,141 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,344 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 63,485 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (59,141) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 29,282 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 33,626 DOUG GRUENWALD: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 53,687 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,757 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 57,444 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (53,687) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 26,374 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 30,131 ALFERDO MELENDEZ: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 33,293 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,122 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 37,415 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (33,293) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 28,942 EXPENSE TO COOPERATIVE $ 33,064

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
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513169349308956

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