Each year, eligible Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative members may seek nomination for board of director positions up for election through the petition process established by CCEC’s bylaws.

Petitions for nomination are available on March 11 for Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative’s Board of Directors in District 1 & 2 and District 3. Petitions must be signed by no fewer than 15 qualified Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative members from your district and must be received at the Port Orford office by 5 p.m. April 15.

The two director positions will be elected to serve three-year terms at this year’s annual meeting on Thursday, June 27.

Visit www.ccec.coop/service-area to see a map of the director’s districts.

Below are a few details about director requirements. Visit www.ccec.coop/articles-incorporation-and-bylaws to find more in CCEC’s bylaws.

Board Member Qualifications

• Must be a connected consumer of electric energy of the cooperative, receive electric energy from the cooperative at their principal place of residence, and at the time of nomination have been a member and resided in the district from which they are nominated for a period of not less than one year.
• Must not be an officer, employee or financially interested in any competing enterprise or utility engaged in the transmission, distribution or sale of energy in the state of Oregon, or any enterprise or agency selling electrical energy to the cooperative, nor have any other interests adverse to those of the cooperative, but nothing herein shall be construed to apply to contracts let to the lowest bidder after a public bidding, nor to isolated transactions in the ordinary course of business, or transactions specifically approved by the board of directors.
• Must not be an employee of the cooperative and shall not have been an employee of the cooperative for the previous three years.

Have questions about the nomination petition process?

Contact marie.coleman@cooscurryelectric.com for more information about the election.

Districts up for Election

• District 1 & 2
• District 3

Have questions about the nomination petition process?

Contact marie.coleman@cooscurryelectric.com for more information about the election.