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← DUCK RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DUCK RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$263,609,490
Total expenses
$263,609,490
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$262,228,401
Investment income
$1,049,200
Other revenue
$331,889
Total assets, end of year
$352,539,811
Total liabilities, end of year
$149,587,138
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$202,952,673
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$263,609,490

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

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: SALE OF ELECTRICITY

    total $252,475,144 · related or exempt $252,475,144

  • 2b · Program service revenue: POLE RENTAL

    total $6,487,974 · excluded $6,487,974

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,265,283 · related or exempt $3,265,283

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $417,104 · excluded $417,104

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $1,024,025

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

    other assets $391,929

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $632,096

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $632,096 · related or exempt $632,096

  • 11a · Other revenue: PATRONAGE CAPITAL REFUND

    total $331,889 · related or exempt $331,889

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $331,889

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $22,928,469

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,536,954

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,607,543

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,892,475

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,137,848

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,117,324

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $38,974

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,130

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $620,067

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $437,149

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $372,537

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $492,164

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $383,623

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,195,067

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,665,394

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $531,065

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF ELECTRICITY SOLD

    total $181,061,120

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIB. MAINTENANCE EXP.

    total $11,738,362

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIB. OPERATIONS EXP.

    total $3,699,078

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMIN. AND GENERAL EXPENS

    total $2,372,669

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $765,478

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,709,954 · end of year $2,101,874

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,151,120 · end of year $13,773,708

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,883,363 · end of year $20,441,663

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $8,773,082 · end of year $8,013,872

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,502,092 · end of year $5,393,138

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $297,378 · end of year $565,799

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

    $431,781,202

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

    $143,233,978

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $269,507,904 · end of year $288,547,224

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,710,740 · end of year $13,702,533

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $35,878,960 · end of year $40,192,722

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $75,212,721 · end of year $81,241,917

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $29,241,647 · end of year $28,152,499

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $854,650 · end of year $864,070

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $176,347,655 · end of year $202,088,603

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR PURPOSE IS TO EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITIES AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR MEMBERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RURAL ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION TO 86,020 MEMBERS LOCATED PRIMARILY IN BEDFORD, COFFEE, FRANKLIN, GILES, MARSHALL, MAURY AND MOORE COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

  • PROVIDING ELECTRIC SERVICE TO 86,020 MEMBERS PRIMARILY IN BEDFORD, COFFEE, FRANKLIN, GILES, MARSHALL, MAURY AND MOORE COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE COOPERATIVE IN MAY OF 1936.

    Expenses $263,609,490

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anthony Kimbrough

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $26,660
    From this org
    $26,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.82
  • Mark Webb

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $16,840
    From this org
    $16,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.84
  • Dana Salters

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $19,320
    From this org
    $19,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.58
  • Philip Duncan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $14,490
    From this org
    $14,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.48
  • Buford Jennings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,600
    From this org
    $11,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.96
  • James Brent Willis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,700
    From this org
    $17,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.9
  • Baxter White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,950
    From this org
    $16,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.05
  • Mike England

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,260
    From this org
    $10,260
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.67
  • Wayne Tucker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $16,080
    From this org
    $16,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.12
  • Lyn Stacey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $13,220
    From this org
    $13,220
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.44
  • William Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,700
    From this org
    $17,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.87
  • William Henley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,900
    From this org
    $12,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.69
  • Brian Riddle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,920
    From this org
    $17,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.26
  • Sammy Morton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14
  • James Wright

    PRESIDENT AN

    Total calculated
    $88,071
    From this org
    $85,684
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,387
    Hours/week
    60
  • Troy Crowell

    INTERIM PRES

    Total calculated
    $486,195
    From this org
    $267,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $218,952
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,338
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $3,905
    Deferred
    $195,674
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,278
    Filer's total
    $486,195
  • Michelle Herrman

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $253,921
    From this org
    $208,022
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,899
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,590
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $9,432
    Deferred
    $34,367
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,532
    Filer's total
    $253,921
  • James Edde

    COO

    Total calculated
    $231,138
    From this org
    $182,433
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,705
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,060
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $22,373
    Deferred
    $37,797
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,908
    Filer's total
    $231,138
  • Scott Dahlstrom

    CHIEF ENGINE

    Total calculated
    $309,008
    From this org
    $255,730
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,278
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,121
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $5,609
    Deferred
    $41,952
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,326
    Filer's total
    $309,008
  • Steven Hopkins

    DIRECTOR, CO

    Total calculated
    $233,219
    From this org
    $158,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,899
    Hours/week
    46

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,124
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $1,196
    Deferred
    $51,264
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,635
    Filer's total
    $233,219
  • Jeff Hockaday

    DIST. OPER.

    Total calculated
    $224,054
    From this org
    $158,403
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,651
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,279
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $2,124
    Deferred
    $54,663
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,988
    Filer's total
    $224,054
  • Lee Pettes

    OPS SUPERVIS

    Total calculated
    $248,244
    From this org
    $152,761
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $95,483
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,065
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $4,696
    Deferred
    $72,678
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,805
    Filer's total
    $248,244
  • Julie Murdock

    SR PURCHASIN

    Total calculated
    $189,090
    From this org
    $154,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,842
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,100
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $2,148
    Deferred
    $16,541
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,301
    Filer's total
    $189,090
  • Jeff Holt

    SR WORKING F

    Total calculated
    $186,767
    From this org
    $154,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,557
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,164
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $5,046
    Deferred
    $19,957
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,600
    Filer's total
    $186,767
  • Sean Scheller

    WORKING FORE

    Total calculated
    $208,382
    From this org
    $171,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,842
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,048
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $8,492
    Deferred
    $13,486
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,356
    Filer's total
    $208,382
  • Scott Spence

    PRES. & CEO

    Total calculated
    $235,223
    From this org
    $224,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,792
    Hours/week
    63

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,426
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $104,005
    Deferred
    $3,462
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,330
    Filer's total
    $235,223
  • James Bates

    FORMER CONTR

    Total calculated
    $176,347
    From this org
    $152,289
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,058
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,289
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $14,000
    Deferred
    $13,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,958
    Filer's total
    $176,347

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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)

SCHEDULE J, PART III
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A - FRINGE OR EXPENSE EXPLANATION EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT OF HEALTH CLUB MEMBERSHIP DUES ALLOWANCE OF 50% OF DUES PAID TO A MAXIMUM OF 200 PER YEAR PER EMPLOYEE UPON PRESENTATION OF A PAID RECEIPT. NO HEALTH CLUB DUES WERE REIMBURSED TO ANY DIRECTORS.

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
24 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533359349301603

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