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← KARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by KARNES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$129,452,118
Total expenses
$128,451,118
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$59,574
Program service revenue
$128,894,517
Investment income
$442,963
Other revenue
$114,638
Total assets, end of year
$232,888,664
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,033,025
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$186,855,639
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 $120,959,810 · related or exempt $120,959,810

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PATRONAGE DIVIDENDS

    total $7,393,604 · related or exempt $7,393,604

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $541,103 · related or exempt $541,103

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $438,418 · excluded $438,418

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $75,110 · excluded $75,110

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $4,545

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $4,545

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,545 · related or exempt $4,545

  • 11a · Other revenue: POLE ATTACHMENT INCOME

    total $39,528 · excluded $39,528

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $39,528

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $52,074

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,500

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $8,117,263

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $414,772

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,586,563

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $779,284

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,548,919

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $444,766

  • 20 · Interest

    total $983,038

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,589,582

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED POWER

    total $93,435,604

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE

    total $2,985,051

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMIN & GENERAL EXPENSE

    total $2,426,333

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONSUMER EXPENSE

    total $799,135

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $281,234

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,487,890 · end of year $9,521,085

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

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

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,916,718 · end of year $7,014,746

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $8,518,215 · end of year $8,808,428

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $272,794 · end of year $215,395

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

    $177,123,978

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

    $51,555,896

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $123,001,454 · end of year $125,568,082

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $293,757 · end of year $293,957

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $61,528,092 · end of year $68,696,102

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,722,399 · end of year $9,770,869

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,689,806 · end of year $9,076,930

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $117,435 · end of year $244,993

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $20,406,886 · end of year $19,235,702

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,755,025 · end of year $17,475,400

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $91,615 · end of year $73,170

  • 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 $178,680,552 · end of year $186,782,469

Mission and programs · 2024

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 23,149 ACTIVE SERVICES AT YEAR END.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paul Brysch Jr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $29,125
    From this org
    $29,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.7
  • Clif Royal

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $30,499
    From this org
    $30,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.7
  • Larry Schendel

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $17,793
    From this org
    $17,793
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.6
  • Frank Geyer Jr

    ASST SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $25,595
    From this org
    $25,595
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.1
  • Ross Nieschwitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,199
    From this org
    $30,199
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8
  • Scott McClaugherty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,378
    From this org
    $12,378
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Boyd Vaughan

    DIRECTOR (MAR-DEC)

    Total calculated
    $4,595
    From this org
    $4,595
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3
  • Eric Halfmann

    GENERAL MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $264,588
    From this org
    $212,146
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,442
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,951
    Bonus
    $16,096
    Other
    $20,099
    Deferred
    $15,483
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,959
    Filer's total
    $264,588
  • Randy Ortiz

    SERVICEMAN

    Total calculated
    $238,791
    From this org
    $187,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,548
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,011
    Bonus
    $10,021
    Other
    $24,211
    Deferred
    $9,535
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,013
    Filer's total
    $238,791
  • Paul Rodriguez

    SERVICEMAN

    Total calculated
    $226,366
    From this org
    $182,635
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,731
    Hours/week
    56

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,964
    Bonus
    $10,057
    Other
    $23,614
    Deferred
    $7,688
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,043
    Filer's total
    $226,366
  • Joe Escandon

    CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $231,739
    From this org
    $175,161
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,578
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,067
    Bonus
    $11,865
    Other
    $19,229
    Deferred
    $21,383
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,195
    Filer's total
    $231,739
  • Patrick Janysek

    CONSTUCTION MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $233,404
    From this org
    $174,704
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,700
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,393
    Bonus
    $15,299
    Other
    $15,012
    Deferred
    $28,043
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,657
    Filer's total
    $233,404
  • Jesse Benavides

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $218,270
    From this org
    $171,448
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,822
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,818
    Bonus
    $13,904
    Other
    $9,726
    Deferred
    $9,709
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,113
    Filer's total
    $218,270

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 $ 11,433 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,050 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 15,483 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (11,433) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 27,936 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 31,986 RANDY ORTIZ: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 6,531 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,004 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 9,535 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN ( 6,531) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 14,850 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 17,854 PATRICK JANYSEK: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 23,435 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,608 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 28,043 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (23,435) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 23,103 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 27,711 JOE ESCANDON: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 17,987 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,396 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 21,383 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (17,987) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 16,932 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 20,328 PAUL RODRIGUEZ: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 4,680 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 3,008 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 7,688 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (4,680) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 14,527 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 17,535 JESSE BENAVIDES: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN $ 5,513 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO 401(K) PLAN 4,196 TOTAL REPORTED IN COLUMN C $ 9,709 LESS: ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN (5,513) ADD: CASH CONTRIBUTION TO DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 20,716 EXPENSE TO THE COOPERATIVE $ 24,912

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
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543109349302684

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