The Kenergy family mourns the passing of Director Schuyler Randolph “Randy” Powell, 84, of Little Dixie.  He died Saturday, Sept. 12, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville surrounded by his loving family.

This year marked his 40th year on the co-op’s Board of Directors.  He was elected to the Henderson-Union RECC board on July 1, 1975.  After that electric cooperative merged to form Kenergy in 1999, he continued serving the membership in District 4.

He was a farmer and cattleman known for his excavating abilities. In 2011, he received the Henderson County Agricultural Lifetime Achievement Award.

He developed a trademark look by wearing Stetsons, bolo ties, collar tips and cowboy boots.  He was known for his ever-present smile and infectious laugh.

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 21, 2015) – The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a settlement that permits Big Rivers Electric Corp. to sell wholesale power to several customers in Nebraska.

In an order issued today, the PSC said revenue from the contracts – although relatively modest – should help pay a portion of Big Rivers’ fixed operating costs that would otherwise be borne by its Kentucky customers.

A unanimous settlement agreement reached in the case also provides that, under certain conditions related to the financial health of Big Rivers, the profits from the sales would go into funds that are being used to cushion the impact of recent rate increases on Big Rivers customers in Kentucky.

In the wake of recent data breaches at large national retailers such as Target and Home Depot, Kenergy will change the way it accepts debit and credit card payments.

We expect these important changes to go into effect as early as September, and they will affect debit and credit card payments made in person, by phone or by mail.

Why is Kenergy changing the way it accepts debit and credit card payments? Our No. 1 goal is to protect your sensitive financial information.

A reserve fund that has been applied to fully offset a 2014 increase in Kenergy’s wholesale power costs to the co-op’s 19 industrial members is expected to end in August.

The fund’s depletion will end a credit on Kenergy bills this class of members has received since Feb. 1, 2014.

Business members should expect their credits to end at the same time.

As of Monday, June 22, Sandy Novick assumed the role of Kenergy’s interim CEO.

Novick retired from Kenergy in 2012 after working five years as the electric co-op’s CEO.

His leadership guided Kenergy through Kentucky’s worst natural disaster – the Ice Storm of 2009. The storm delivered a devastating blow to the co-op’s service area, causing nearly $34 million in damage to Kenergy’s infrastructure.

Novick will serve as interim while Kenergy’s board conducts a national search for a permanent CEO to replace Greg Starheim.

Starheim announced his resignation on May 1. He has accepted a job as a senior vice president for industry development and the electric cooperative network at the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.

Kenergy’s board has contracted with Mycoff, Fry & Prouse LLC of Conifer, Colo., to assist in the search for Starheim’s replacement.

The board expects a new CEO to be in place by early October.

Kenergy member Rick Nelson of Lewisport shared this beautiful photograph of the Ohio River in Hawesville.