By Justin LaBerge February 2016 America’s electric cooperatives have launched a non-partisan, nationwide effort to promote civic engagement and voter participation in the communities they serve. Jeffrey Connor, interim CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, unveiled the Co-ops Vote program at the association’s 74th annual meeting in New Orleans. “Through Co-ops Vote, we want to help our members know when elections are, what’s at stake and how…
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Three directors to be elected in 2016
Prior to Kenergy’s Annual Membership meeting to be held on June 14, individuals will be elected to represent Districts 1, 3 and 5. A ballot listing the qualified candidates in a contested district election will be mailed in May to each Kenergy member residing within the district. Members will also have the option to vote online. Seats up for re-election are: District 1, which is represented by Glenn Cox, includes…
Pole inspections
A contractor named Alamon will start pole inspections the week of Feb. 15. Inspectors will begin their work in Kenergy’s Owensboro District. Poles located near these substations will be inspected: Horse Fork, Masonville, South Dermont, Utica and Nuckols. In Marion, the Crossroads poles will be inspected. In Henderson, poles on the Little Dixie, Sebree and Weaverton substations will be inspected. About four to six individuals will conduct inspections. They are expected…
Clean Power Plan ruling welcome news for Big Rivers, Kenergy
Big Rivers Electric Corporation, the generation & transmission cooperative owned by Kenergy and two other distribution cooperatives (Jackson Purchase Energy Corp. and Meade County RECC), is applauding a Supreme Court ruling on the Clean Power Plan. In a 5-4 vote announced earlier this month, the court agreed to temporarily halt the enforcement of federal climate change regulations until legal challenges are resolved. The move is a major victory for Kentucky…
KAEC commends U.S. Supreme Court action
For immediate release February 10, 2016 Contact: Joe Arnold • (502) 815-6372 • jarnold@kaec.org LOUISVILLE, Ky — Kentucky’s member-owned electric cooperatives commend the action taken Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the implementation of new, harmful federal regulations of electric power plants. The EPA’s so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP) threatens the affordability and reliability of electricity for the 1.5 million Kentuckians served by cooperatives. “The high court’s halt…
2016 Washington Youth Tour delegates
Kenergy recently announced its 2016 Washington Youth Tour delegates. The cooperative chooses six students annually to attend the seven-day, all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. Nationwide, the Washington Youth Tour brings about 1,600 high school juniors to the nation’s capital in June every year. Students must live in a home powered by Kenergy to be eligible. They are selected from 1,000-word essays they submit. Students are asked to feature any topic about which…
Kenergy names board room in honor of the late Randy Powell
The board room at Kenergy’s headquarters is now named the Randy Powell Board Room. The co-op’s board did so in honor of Powell of Little Dixie, who died in September. He served as a director for Henderson Union RECC and Kenergy a total of 40 years. Here is the resolution the Kenergy board earlier entered into co-op records: A RESOLUTION IN MEMORIAM WHEREAS, Randy Powell served with distinction on the…
Kenergy promotes Logan Harpole
On Monday, Jan. 18, Kenergy selected Logan Harpole to fill the position of substation/meter tech. Logan joined the cooperative as an apprentice line tech in May 2012. His last job title was meter tech, which he has had since July 2015. In part, a substation/meter tech is responsible for the construction and maintenance of Kenergy’s substations and line reclosures, along with assisting electronic techs in the operation and maintenance of…
Kenergy promotes Bo Thomas
Effective Monday, Jan. 18, Bo Thomas will assume the duties of crew leader in the Henderson District. Bo came to work at Kenergy in September 2013. He hired in as a line tech. Among many duties, a crew leader oversees job orders for underground and overhead infrastructure. Also, crew leaders are responsible for crew safety, welfare and work performed. Bo lives in Sebree with his wife, Kendall.
Kenergy announces Susie Givens will serve District 4
HENDERSON, KY — Susie Givens of Corydon has been selected to fill the Kenergy board seat left vacant by the death of long-time Director Randy Powell. Powell served District 4 in Henderson County for 40 years before his death on Sept. 12, 2015. Givens, who is Powell’s daughter, will take her seat on the board at the Feb. 22 board meeting. “We are pleased Susie Givens has agreed to serve…
