Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

CENTRAL ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE INC

EIN 57-0299350 COLUMBIA, SC

Revenue 2024
$1,607,586,867
Expenses 2024
$1,607,225,180

As filed

Subsection
12
Classification
4000
Street
20 COOPERATIVE WAY

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CENTRAL IS A GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION (G&T) COOPERATIVE SUPPLYING POWER TO NINETEEN MEMBER DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. CENTRAL CONSTRUCTS TRANSMISSION TAP LINES TO SERVE SUBSTATIONS OWNED BY THE DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CENTRAL EXISTS TO PROVIDE RELIABLE POWER DELIVERY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR MEMBERS.

  • CENTRAL EXISTS SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBERS. WE WILL PROVIDE A RELIABLE, LONG TERM, AND STABLE SUPPLY OF POWER, WHICH ACCOMMODATES GROWTH, AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST CONSISTENT WITH GOOD UTILITY PRACTICE. WE WILL PROVIDE FOR RELIABLE DELIVERY OF POWER, WHEN AND WHERE DESIRED, CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE GUIDELINES. WE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ENERGY-RELATED OR DELIVERY-RELATED SERVICES AS DIRECTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • A Berl Davis

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $47,307
    From this org
    $44,327
    From related orgs
    $2,980
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7 + 2 related
  • Andy McKnight

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $13,410
    From this org
    $13,410
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Anita P Whitney

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $17,135
    From this org
    $17,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • B Robert Paulling

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $18,253
    From this org
    $18,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 4 related
  • Brian W Broughton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $9,685
    From this org
    $6,705
    From related orgs
    $2,980
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Carolyn Boyd

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $11,547
    From this org
    $11,547
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Chad T Lowder

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $19,370
    From this org
    $19,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7 + 2 related
  • Charles R Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $10,803
    From this org
    $10,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Efelkel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $17,507
    From this org
    $17,507
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Douglas A Reeves

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $40,230
    From this org
    $40,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • E Paul Basha

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $28,310
    From this org
    $24,957
    From related orgs
    $3,353
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7 + 2 related
  • Franklin M Looper Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $10,803
    From this org
    $10,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • G Keith Avery

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $20,860
    From this org
    $20,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Gary L Stooksbury

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $24,213
    From this org
    $20,488
    From related orgs
    $3,725
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • H Wayne Dewitt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $17,135
    From this org
    $17,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Johnnie L Dickert

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $17,135
    From this org
    $11,175
    From related orgs
    $5,960
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Robert G Ardis III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $32,408
    From this org
    $29,800
    From related orgs
    $2,608
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Steve Chewning

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $16,762
    From this org
    $16,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Terry W Mallard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $34,270
    From this org
    $24,957
    From related orgs
    $9,313
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 4 related
  • Mark L Walling

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $18,253
    From this org
    $18,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • William L Fleming Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $11,920
    From this org
    $11,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mitchell Rabon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $10,430
    From this org
    $10,430
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • James L Lovinggood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $21,232
    From this org
    $21,232
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bruce Bacon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $14,900
    From this org
    $14,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • James E Stewart Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $745
    From this org
    $745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,607,586,867
    Expenses
    $1,607,225,180
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $3,102,199
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,494,325,046
    Expenses
    $1,494,640,588
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $8,957,330
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,459,022,371
    Expenses
    $1,459,000,797
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $8,046,310

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,335,264,173
    Expenses
    $1,334,505,600
    Assets (EOY)
    $437,527,195
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,302,836,659
    Expenses
    $1,302,575,315
    Assets (EOY)
    $447,690,732
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,343,281,930
    Expenses
    $1,343,105,032
    Assets (EOY)
    $427,496,454
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,262,689,509
    Expenses
    $1,261,234,373
    Assets (EOY)
    $371,851,633
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,220,889,910
    Expenses
    $1,220,734,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $341,849,307
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,254,791,457
    Expenses
    $1,254,672,480
    Assets (EOY)
    $350,307,979
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,198,798,957
    Expenses
    $1,198,744,760
    Assets (EOY)
    $350,017,973
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,144,292,683
    Assets (EOY)
    $303,255,753
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,148,463,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $288,406,053
  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,164,695,338
    Assets (EOY)
    $312,733,523

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

  • DEMAND SIDE TOOLS LLC

    RELATED · COMPUTER SOFTWARE · SC · 50% owned · share of income $4,321 · share of assets $55,945 · general or managing partner

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC ENERGY UTILITY SUPPLY INC

    C · MATERIAL SUPPLIER FOR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES · SC

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.