Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative News

Elgin Outage, Sunday May 5th

05/03/13

Elgin Outage, Sunday May 5^th from 6:00am until approximately 7:00am. OTEC will be switching with Pacific Corp in order to do line repair, this will affect Elgin and some of the immediately surrounding areas. We apologize for the inconvenience and will make every effort to limit the duration of the outage.

OTEC Board Member Ralph Ward Resigns

05/02/13

Longtime Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Board Member Ralph Ward announced his retirement, April 29^th for personal reasons. Representing Baker County (position 5) since 1991, Ralph Ward is a retired Baker County Judge and a partner at Ward Ranches. Ralph achieved both his Cooperative Director and Board Leadership Certifications through the National Rural Cooperative Association and remained committed to furthering his knowledge and understanding of the utility industry throughout his 22 years of service.

OTEC Board President, Chuck Hofmann said, “OTEC thanks Ralph for his many years of service and leadership to the Cooperative as well as his dedication to Baker County. He will be greatly missed by the Board. We wish him the best.”

The OTEC Board will discuss a process to select his replacement at the May Board Meeting. Board Position 5 will be up for election in 2015.

2013 Annual Meeting Results

04/29/13

Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative held its 25^th Annual Meeting on April 27^th at the Blue Mountain Conference Center in La Grande. Over 300 members were in attendance to hear from OTEC Board President Chuck Hofmann and General Manager Werner Buehler on the state of our electric cooperative. Members re-elected Greg Howard (position 7) and David Baum (position 8), both of Union County. Charlene Chase was elected to board position 9, formerly held by Peggi Timm, representing Baker County.

The First Annual Peggi Timm Leadership and Community Service Award was presented to Dottie Miles of North Powder. Dottie selected the Baker County Community College Foundation to receive the $25,000 gift, made available through interest on unclaimed capital credits. Dottie was honored for her incredible commitment to eastern Oregon; her leadership in Rotary, the Baker Cattlewoman’s Association, and with a variety of education organizations in our region; as well her dedication and leadership running the Haines Post Office.