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← MILLE LACS ENERGY COOPERATIVE

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MILLE LACS ENERGY COOPERATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$29,203,634
Total expenses
$28,814,017
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$28,950,155
Investment income
$282,848
Other revenue
-$29,369
Total assets, end of year
$88,985,955
Total liabilities, end of year
$56,744,118
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,241,837
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 Sales

    total $28,132,399 · related or exempt $28,132,399

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Capital Credits

    total $491,998 · related or exempt $491,998

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Other Sales

    total $325,758 · related or exempt $325,758

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $191,851 · excluded $191,851

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $90,997

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $90,997

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $90,997 · excluded $90,997

  • 11a · Other revenue: Internet & LD

    total $9,971 · unrelated business $9,971

  • 11b · Other revenue: Generator Sales

    total -$9,459 · unrelated business -$9,459

  • 11c · Other revenue: Meter Loops & Sewer District

    total -$29,881 · related or exempt -$29,881

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$29,369

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $1,515,925

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $456,283

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,982,753

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $421,248

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $324,772

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,300,468

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,188,110

  • 24a · Other expenses: Cost of Power

    total $16,527,934

  • 24b · Other expenses: Distribution

    total $4,127,863

  • 24c · Other expenses: Admin & General

    total $1,882,943

  • 24d · Other expenses: Customers Accts & Servi

    total $1,269,414

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$5,183,696

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,751,423 · end of year $4,229,205

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,398,983 · end of year $4,649,794

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,065,651 · end of year $3,496,092

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,505,686 · end of year $1,622,695

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,947,013 · end of year $1,589,804

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

    $86,807,403

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

    $30,334,925

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $54,032,337 · end of year $56,472,478

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $15,045,485 · end of year $14,920,018

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,022,941 · end of year $2,005,869

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,212,443 · end of year $4,078,957

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $2,080,528

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $6,416 · end of year $6,654

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $49,023,061 · end of year $48,754,130

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,259,319 · end of year $1,823,849

  • 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 $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $31,268,280 · end of year $32,241,837

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

It is our mission to responsibly provide reliable, competitively priced energy, services and products to meet the needs of our members and customers.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Provides electric distribution service to 13,583 members of the cooperative.

  • Provided electric distribution service to 13,583 members of the Cooperative and 2,008 miles in 2022.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Harold Harms

    President

    Total calculated
    $18,057
    From this org
    $18,057
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.4
  • Mike Reem

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $14,743
    From this org
    $14,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.4
  • Bruce Robinson

    Assist Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $14,908
    From this org
    $14,908
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7.2
  • Aileen Demenge

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $15,888
    From this org
    $15,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.9
  • Don Appel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $12,943
    From this org
    $12,943
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.6
  • Derik Midthun

    Director

    Total calculated
    $10,888
    From this org
    $10,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.3
  • Mark Anderson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $11,478
    From this org
    $11,478
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.7
  • Sarah Cron

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $246,836
    From this org
    $199,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,179
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,115
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,542
    Deferred
    $22,405
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,781
    Filer's total
    $246,843
  • Lincoln Messner

    Accounting & Finance Mgr

    Total calculated
    $110,414
    From this org
    $99,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,325
    Hours/week
    40
  • William Fillion

    Operations Manager

    Total calculated
    $157,825
    From this org
    $129,909
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,916
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,443
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,466
    Deferred
    $14,533
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,390
    Filer's total
    $157,832
  • Nikolaus Borchert

    Lineman

    Total calculated
    $158,016
    From this org
    $130,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,035
    Hours/week
    48.2

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,520
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,461
    Deferred
    $14,652
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,499
    Filer's total
    $158,132
  • Jay Eide

    Lineman

    Total calculated
    $140,137
    From this org
    $126,433
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,704
    Hours/week
    45
  • Anthony Klee

    Lineman

    Total calculated
    $165,240
    From this org
    $119,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,440
    Hours/week
    45.1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,603
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,197
    Deferred
    $13,758
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,767
    Filer's total
    $165,325
  • Tanner Clasen

    Lineman

    Total calculated
    $145,236
    From this org
    $121,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,805
    Hours/week
    44.8

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

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.

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
1 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202311239349302571

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