Member Notices
NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF BEARTOOTH ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023
April 8, 2022
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Beartooth Electric Cooperative, Inc.
2022 Annual Meeting of the Members
April 19, 2021
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Beartooth Electric Cooperative, Inc.
2021 Annual Meeting of the Members
The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Members of Beartooth Electric Cooperative, Inc., will be called to order on Saturday, May 1, 2021, remotely from the Beartooth Electric Cooperative Office, located in the Town of Red Lodge, County of Carbon, and the State of Montana. This remote meeting registration begins at 8 AM on ZOOM meeting ID 916 3939 7710, FaceBook LIVE messaging, bec@beartoothelectric.com, and by phone 406-446-2310. The business meeting will commence at 9 AM.
ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS:
- Report on the number of Members present in order to determine the existence of a quorum;
- Reading of the Notice of the meeting and proof of the due publication or mailing thereof, or the waiver or waivers of notice of the meeting, as the case may be;
- Reading of unapproved minutes of previous meetings of the Members and the taking of necessary action thereon;
- Election of Board Trustees;
- Presentation and considerations of reports of officers, Trustees, and Committees;
- Unfinished Business;
- New Business;
- Adjournment.
DATED THIS 19th DAY OF APRIL 2021
Arleen Boyd Secretary/Treasurer
January 5, 2021
Rate Proposal
The Beartooth Electric Cooperative (BEC) Board of Trustees hereby notifies co-op members that it will be voting on proposals to adjust rates for the irrigation rate class at the February 23, 2021, Board meeting.
Over the years, BEC’s Cost of Service Analysis (COSA) results have consistently shown that irrigation class revenues, unfortunately, fall short of meeting the costs to serve this class. However, the total amount of revenue shortfall has varied with each COSA. The latest report shows that irrigation revenues need to be increased by about 25% to equal the full cost of service. In a first step effort to better align revenues with costs, the Risk Management Committee recommends that the board implement a 5% irrigation rate increase effective April 1, 2021. In addition to rate fairness across rate classes, the committee also looked at rate fairness within the irrigation rate class. It recommends the following changes to better align charges with usage: 1) 12-month billing, 2) 3-tiered base rate system, 3) slight decrease to the energy charge (kWh), and 4) slight increase to the system charge (kW) along with the introduction of a minimum system charge (kW). Going forward, the Irrigation rate design will be reviewed each year to determine the progress made toward assuring that the Irrigation class is paying its full cost of service.
BEC Member Notice January 2021 (PDF)
May 11, 2020
Rate Proposal
The Beartooth Electric Cooperative (BEC) Board of Trustees hereby notifies co-op members that it will be voting on proposals to adjust rates for all customer classes at the June 30, 2020, Board meeting.
These proposed rate adjustments are the result of a rate design review process conducted by the Board and BEC’s Risk Management Committee that has been underway since October 2018. The proposed rates are not intended to generate additional overall revenue for BEC. Rather, the proposed rates are designed to produce the same amount of revenue from each customer class as the current rates assuming normal weather conditions.
BEC Member Notice May 2020 (PDF)
January 17, 2020
Rate Proposal
The BEC board of trustees hereby notifies co-op members that to meet the financial impact of NorthWestern Energy Corporation’s (NWE) 53.8% transmission rate increase, a proposal to implement a cost pass-through revenue increase of 2.8% ($250,000) by raising BEC’s electric rate $0.003616/kwh on all rate classes (residential, small commercial, large commercial, industrial and irrigation), effective March 1, 2020, is under consideration.
Notice to Members January 2020 (PDF)
Articles of Interest:
- FERC Order Scheduling Settlement Conferences August 2019 (PDF)
- FERC Response TO NWE OATT Filing (PDF)
- FERC Interverntion Process (PDF)
- BEC OATT Intervention
July 25, 2017
New Loan
Securing a two-year loan with CoBank for deposit into the RUS Cushion of Credit account was approved by the board at the July 25, 2017 board meeting. The board also voted to consider an additional loan from CoBank for an additional three years for deposit into the RUS Cushion of Credit account.
Notice to Members July 2017 (PDF)
June 29, 2017
Power Contract
The board issued a June 29, 2017 60-day notice to members of proposals for power contracts exceeding two years. BEC notified co-op members that the contract with Montana-based Energy Keepers, Inc. (EKI) includes an option to extend the contract for three additional years, through September 30, 2027. In early September the two-year contract with Energy Keepers was replaced with a five-year contract. Its term is Oct. 1, 2022 through Sept. 30, 2027. It is a fixed-rate, load-following contract.