CENTRAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
BOARD MEETING SUMMARY
September 1, 2011
The Regular Meeting of the CREC Board of Trustees was held September 1, 2011.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
The following department reports were provided.
• Member Service Report
• Engineering and Operations
• Corporate Development
• Safety
• Finance
CEO REPORT
David Swank reviewed:
• Growth Pillar Study, Grow by Focusing on What Matters
• Interconnection of Distributed Resources (IDR)
• Outage Improvement Areas
• Outage Projected Cost
• Wireless Position Paper
• Line Extension Update
• Recent Outage Review
SUBSIDARY UPDATE
David Swank reviewed:
• Smart Energy Source Resolution
• Smart Energy Source Update (Systems Operations Center timeline)
POLICY PROCESS APPROVAL
A policy for the establishment of new policies was reviewed and approved.
POLICY 220 STRATEGIC PLANNING
Policy 220 Strategic Planning was approved.
POLICY 221 BUSINESS PLANNING
Policy 221 Business Planning was approved.
GRASS ROOTS / MEMBER RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT
Clyde Habben presented the Grassroots / Member Relations Committee Report which included the following:
• Aware Meetings dates
• CREC Foundation update
• Ambassador Program update
KAMO REPORT
Raymond Nettles included the following for the KAMO Report which included:
• System infra-red scanning
• Copper theft
• AECI report
OAEC REPORT Gary McCune
Gary McCune reported on the following from the recent OAEC Board Meeting:
• Glenn English, NRECA CEO, announced his retirement for 2013
• Deanna Stoner, NRECA, will retire at the end of 2012
• Larry Derryberry reported that Kay Electric prevailed in their lawsuit with the City of Newkirk
• Corporation Commission Chair Dana Murphy shared insight on corporation commission’s challenges