Dear Editor: WREA will host its 73rd annual meeting on Sept. 12, which includes director elections. Members will vote
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WREA’s election is Wednesday; here’s how their board works
MEEKER | Ballots for the White River Electric Association’s board of directors have gone out in the mail, and voting will be completed next Wednesday at the electric cooperative’s annual meeting. Four candidates are running for two board positions: incumbent Ron Hilkey and Scott Kracht are running for the open[Read More…]
WREA Capital Credit checks in the mail
MEEKER | White River Electric Association’s Capital Credit checks are set to arrive in the mail this week. The WREA board of directors annually reviews its financial condition to determine the amount of patronage capital that it will return to its members. This year, the WREA board of directors approved[Read More…]
Letter: Conrado presents plan for WREA
Dear Editor: I would appreciate your vote for seat on the Board of Directors at White River Electric Association, Inc. (WREA). I know the void of expertise and knowledge left by Mr. Dunham is enormous, but it would be an honor to fill his former seat. I have always had[Read More…]
WREA Member Survey underway
MEEKER | Listening to the membership is a daily priority for White River Electric Association but every two years it conducts a telephone and online survey to get specific feedback on everything from customer service to renewable energy and reliability. About 300 members will be randomly selected and contacted to[Read More…]
WREA Member Survey underway
MEEKER | Listening to the membership is a daily priority for White River Electric Association but every two years it conducts a telephone and online survey to get specific feedback on everything from customer service to renewable energy and reliability. About 300 members will be randomly selected and contacted to[Read More…]
WREA announces board vacancy
MEEKER | It is with heavy hearts that the WREA Board announced that it will proceed to fill the vacancy on its Board of Directors following the passing of long-time director, Gary H. Dunham. WREA appreciates Mr. Dunham’s thirty-years of dedication and service which included eight years as President of[Read More…]
Essay contest winners will be headed to Washington, D.C.
By Tory Lasker Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | The White River Electric Association (WREA) is a rural electric distribution cooperative serving eastern Rio Blanco County, southern Moffat and northern Garfield Counties. Not only does the association ensure that members receive safe and reliable electric service in their homes and[Read More…]
WREA’s rate restructure now in effect
MEEKER | A friendly reminder that WREA’s rate restructure went into effect on January 1, 2018. WREA members will receive their January bills this week which will reflect these changes. The rate restructure will primarily affect WREA members whose electric service had previously been classified as Residential, Small Commercial, Irrigation and Large[Read More…]
Dunham inducted into hall of fame
MEEKER | Meeker’s Becky Dunham has been named to the Colorado Rural Electric Association (CREA) Women’s Task Force Hall of Fame. Dunham was honored at the CREA’s annual meeting in Denver last year. Becky joined the Women’s Task Force nearly 30 years ago after her husband, Gary, was first elected[Read More…]
WREA to allocate additional capital credits
MEEKER | White River Electric Association is pleased to notify its members that it recently allocated additional capital credits to members from 1995-2006. In 2017, WREA returned $1.3 million to WREA members who had electric service in 1997-1998 and adopted a resolution to allocate past and future Tri- State G&T[Read More…]
Meeker’s lighted cross has a long history
MEEKER | The lighted cross on Lobo Mountain above Meeker has a long history. So long, in fact, it almost provides a timeline of the history of electric lighting techniques. “The first year I helped was 1960,” said former White River Electric Association (WREA) employee Leon Stout. “Roger Purdy was[Read More…]
