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← SUMTER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SUMTER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$59,559,429
Total expenses
$59,559,429
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$59,255,387
Investment income
$304,042
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$183,520,045
Total liabilities, end of year
$102,539,715
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$80,980,330
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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: ELECTRIC REVENUE

    total $57,119,848 · related or exempt $57,119,848

  • 2b · Program service revenue: G & T CAPITAL CREDITS

    total $1,244,509 · related or exempt $1,244,509

  • 2c · Program service revenue: POLE RENTAL

    total $523,796 · excluded $523,796

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER CAPITAL CREDITS

    total $310,600 · related or exempt $310,600

  • 2e · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUES

    total $56,634 · related or exempt $56,634

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $304,042 · excluded $304,042

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $3,381,104

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $858,751

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,277,719

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,225,518

  • 24a · Other expenses: PURCHASED POWER

    total $31,362,924

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION MAINTENANCE

    total $5,001,496

  • 24c · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS

    total $3,764,588

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMIN. & GENERAL EXP.

    total $3,265,341

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,421,988

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,240,205 · end of year $7,009,680

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,952,969 · end of year $2,813,863

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,979,334 · end of year $1,849,373

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $551,171 · end of year $1,500,073

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

    $183,973,016

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

    $41,831,867

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $132,975,604 · end of year $142,141,149

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $23,581,244 · end of year $24,313,943

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,904,135 · end of year $3,891,964

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,223,178 · end of year $6,464,599

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $80,568,171 · end of year $88,490,849

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,636,415 · end of year $7,584,267

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $76,515 · end of year $77,030

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $78,680,383 · end of year $80,903,300

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO ALL WHO DESIRE IT WITHIN THE SYSTEM SERVICE AREA AT A REASONABLE COST CONSISTENT WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SERVICE.

  • TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO ALL WHO DESIRE IT WITHIN THE SYSTEM SERVICE AREA AT A REASONABLE COST CONSISTENT WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SERVICE.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cecil O Myers Jr

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $36,672
    From this org
    $36,672
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5.05
  • Michael Webb

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $36,545
    From this org
    $36,545
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.38
  • William Harris

    SEC-TREASURE

    Total calculated
    $38,491
    From this org
    $38,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.83
  • Christi Dockery

    ASST SECRETA

    Total calculated
    $34,873
    From this org
    $34,873
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.95
  • David A Barrett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $34,845
    From this org
    $34,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.08
  • Eddie Watson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $37,955
    From this org
    $37,955
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5
  • Glenn E Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $41,015
    From this org
    $41,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.06
  • Andrew Payne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $32,452
    From this org
    $32,452
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.94
  • Lisa A Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,465
    From this org
    $30,465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.97
  • Leon Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $29,835
    From this org
    $29,835
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.81
  • Lehanne Singleton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $36,245
    From this org
    $36,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.44
  • Rene Smith

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $469,358
    From this org
    $362,869
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $106,489
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $351,117
    Bonus
    $2,240
    Other
    $9,512
    Deferred
    $89,775
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,714
    Filer's total
    $469,358
  • David Brokamp

    SR. VP. OPER

    Total calculated
    $378,722
    From this org
    $291,947
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $86,775
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,728
    Bonus
    $15,941
    Other
    $7,278
    Deferred
    $69,867
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,908
    Filer's total
    $378,722
  • William Hammack

    VP FINANCE &

    Total calculated
    $289,399
    From this org
    $214,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,494
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,493
    Bonus
    $1,369
    Other
    $2,043
    Deferred
    $56,077
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,417
    Filer's total
    $289,399
  • Andrea Walker

    VP ADMIN & M

    Total calculated
    $295,100
    From this org
    $227,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,746
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,169
    Bonus
    $1,136
    Other
    $13,049
    Deferred
    $54,762
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,984
    Filer's total
    $295,100
  • Brad Ward

    VP ENGINEERI

    Total calculated
    $282,832
    From this org
    $218,373
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,459
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,807
    Bonus
    $1,124
    Other
    $6,442
    Deferred
    $53,362
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,097
    Filer's total
    $282,832
  • Wendell Nealey

    OPS & MAINT

    Total calculated
    $166,387
    From this org
    $135,547
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,840
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,438
    Bonus
    $709
    Other
    $7,400
    Deferred
    $29,147
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,693
    Filer's total
    $166,387
  • J Ted McMillan

    PRESIDENT EM

    Total calculated
    $156,567
    From this org
    $156,567
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $156,567
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $156,567

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 · Compensation committee
  • 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)

SCHEDULE J, PART III
J. TED MCMILLAN'S COMPENSATION IS DUE TO DISTRIBUTIONS FROM HIS IRC 457(B) ACCOUNTS. THESE DISTRIBUTIONS WILL CONTINUE BASED ON THE PAYOUT SCHEDULE PROVIDED BY THE PARTICIPANT. THE DISTRIBUTION WAS FUNDED SOLEY FROM EMPLOYEE DEFERRALS OF COMPENSATION UNDER IRC 457(B). THE AMOUNT DEFERRED WAS REPORTED AS COMPENSATION IN PREVIOUS 990 FILINGS AS THE COMPENSATION WAS DEFERRED AND TAXED TO THE PARTICIPANT AS FICA WAGES. MR. MCMILLAN'S IS REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED ON FORM 990 IN EACH YEAR HE RECEIVES COMPENSATION FROM THE CORPORATION IN EXCESS OF 10,000 DURING FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD SUBSEQUENT TO BEING A CURRENT OFFICER OF THE CORPORATION. THE 2025 YEAR WILL BE THE FINAL YEAR OF COMPENSATION REPORTING FOR MR. MCMILLAN AS THE FIVE YEAR LOOKBACK PERIOD EXPIRES WITH TEH 2025 990 REPORTING.

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
2025
Filed
27 March 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202600869349300735

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