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← TRAVERSE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TRAVERSE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,701,778
Total expenses
$14,701,778
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$13,196,324
Investment income
$277,582
Other revenue
$1,227,872
Total assets, end of year
$43,938,330
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,801,765
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,136,565
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: ELECTRIC SERVICE

    total $13,196,324 · related or exempt $13,196,324

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $272,360 · excluded $272,360

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $22,307

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $2,658

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $19,649

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $19,649 · excluded $19,649

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $5,222

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $5,222

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,222 · excluded $5,222

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $197,119

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $180,616

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $16,503 · related or exempt $14,286 · unrelated business $2,217

  • 11a · Other revenue: CAPITAL CREDITS

    total $791,720 · related or exempt $791,720

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER ELECTRIC REVENUE

    total $400,000 · related or exempt $400,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,191,720

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $2,057,693

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $568,186

  • 20 · Interest

    total $806,253

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $914,937

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED POWER

    total $7,833,664

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE -

    total $743,865

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE -

    total $488,027

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENE

    total $480,060

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $809,093

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,314,987 · end of year $4,580,843

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $922,266 · end of year $911,385

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $136,994 · end of year $105,380

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $890,307 · end of year $1,056,158

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $94,440 · end of year $182,142

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

    $41,020,753

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

    $12,176,095

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,259,938 · end of year $28,844,658

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $7,700,311 · end of year $8,257,764

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,008,732 · end of year $1,054,831

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,195,467 · end of year $374,567

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $16,387,905 · end of year $24,316,439

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $34,077 · end of year $40,078

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,850 · end of year $15,850

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $575,313 · end of year $611,997

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $16,105,899 · end of year $17,524,568

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC SERVICE AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES, CONSISTENT WITH SOUND BUSINESS PRINCIPLES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE PROVIDING ELECTRIC SERVICE TO MEMBERS AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST.

  • SALES OF ELECTRIC POWER TO 2,267 MEMBERS WITH AN AVERAGE OF 3,258 ACTIVE ELECTRIC SERVICES.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Doug Diekmann

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $4,000
    From this org
    $4,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Frisch

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $3,750
    From this org
    $3,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matthew Glynn

    SECETARY

    Total calculated
    $3,875
    From this org
    $3,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Pearson

    SECRETARY (LEFT MARCH 2023)

    Total calculated
    $1,500
    From this org
    $1,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Marks

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $5,875
    From this org
    $5,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Stacy Ehlers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,500
    From this org
    $3,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Gaulrapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,625
    From this org
    $4,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bradley Rudolph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $4,375
    From this org
    $4,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terry Monson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,250
    From this org
    $6,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jared Hamling

    DIRETOR (SEPT-DEC 2023)

    Total calculated
    $1,250
    From this org
    $1,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeremy Huhnstock

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $206,862
    From this org
    $157,912
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,950
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,912
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $38,715
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,235
    Filer's total
    $206,862
  • Dale Schwagel

    OPERATIONS MANAGER/INTERIM GM 1/1/23-3/5/23

    Total calculated
    $212,603
    From this org
    $151,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,771
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,832
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,458
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,313
    Filer's total
    $212,603
  • Lonnie Tekrony

    JOURNEY LINEWORKER

    Total calculated
    $152,354
    From this org
    $102,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,263
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $102,091
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,112
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,151
    Filer's total
    $152,354
  • Karen Lupkes

    OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $206,736
    From this org
    $146,118
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,618
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,118
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,858
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,760
    Filer's total
    $206,736
  • Richard Davis

    JOURNEY LINEWORKER/LINE FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $156,099
    From this org
    $104,646
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,453
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $104,646
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,284
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,169
    Filer's total
    $156,099
  • Joseph Gahlon

    JOURNEY LINEWORKER

    Total calculated
    $153,049
    From this org
    $101,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,630
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $101,419
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,111
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,519
    Filer's total
    $153,049

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

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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 I, LINE 3
OUR HR CONSULTANT MEETS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FACILITATES THE GM ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND GIVES THE BOARD SALARY COMPARISONS FROM OTHER MN CO-OP'S OUR SIZE AND RECOMMEND A SALARY RANGE. THE BOARD THEN DECIDES ON THE GM'S SALARY.

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
23 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422759349300947

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