About Taylor Electric
Coop Principles
Directors
Mission Statement
Bylaws
About Taylor Electric Cooperative
Taylor Electric Cooperative has been serving its members since 1936. We are a rural electric distribution cooperative, established under the USDA Rural Electrification Act. Electric service is provided to more than 4,300 customers in rural areas of Taylor County, plus portions of Marathon, Clark, and Lincoln Counties. The member-owners elect a 7-member Board of Directors to govern the affairs of the Cooperative.
More than 60 Million kilowatt-hours of wholesale power are purchased from Dairyland Power Cooperative, La Crosse, Wisconsin. More than 850 miles of distribution line are serviced and maintained by a full-time staff of 13 employees. Other services offered to members and the community at-large include electric grills, electric fireplaces and heating products, long distance telephone service, and more. Taylor Electric Cooperative is a partner with the nearly 600 Touchstone Energy Cooperatives nationwide, who serve more than 16 million customers in 44 states, and strive for service excellence through accountability, integrity, innovation, and commitment to community.
Taylor Electric Cooperative is proud to be a member of the Dairyland Cooperative. The generation and transmission cooperative formed in 1941, bringing light and power to the homes and farms in “America’s Dairyland.” Specifically serving rural communities and countryside, Dairyland continues to ease work conditions and improve quality of life for residents by delivering a safe, reliable supply of energy in its four-state service territory.
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Coop Principles
1st Principle: Voluntary and open membership
Cooperatives are voluntary organizations, open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political, or religious discrimination.
2nd Principle: Democratic member control
Cooperatives are democratic organization controlled by their members, who actively participate in setting their policies and making decisions. Men and women serving as elected representatives are accountable to the membership. In primary cooperatives members have equal voting rights (one member, one vote) and cooperatives at other levels are organized in a democratic manner.
3rd Principle: Member economic participation
Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of their cooperative. At least part of that capital is usually the common property of the cooperative. They usually receive limited compensation, if any, on capital subscribed as a condition of membership. Members allocate surpluses for any or all of the following purposes: developing the cooperative, possibly by setting up reserves, part of which at least would be indivisible; benefiting members in proportion to their transactions with the cooperative; and supporting other activities approved by the membership.
4th Principle: Autonomy and independence
Cooperatives are autonomous, self-help organizations controlled by their members. If they enter into agreements with other organizations, including governments, or raise capital from external sources, they do so on terms that ensure democratic control by their members and maintain their cooperative autonomy.
5th Principle: Education, training, and information
Cooperatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers, and employees so they can contribute effectively to the development of their cooperatives. They inform the general public - particularly young people and opinion leaders - about the nature and benefits of cooperation.
6th Principle: Cooperation among cooperatives
Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative movement by working together through local, national, regional, and international structures.
7th Principle: Concern for community
While focusing on member needs, cooperatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies accepted by their members. Six principles have guided cooperatives for the past 30 years. The number of principles increased to seven as the result of a vote taken by the General Assembly of the International Cooperative Alliance in Manchester, England, on Sept. 23, 1995. The goal of the new principles is to better reflect the needs of cooperative members in today's society.
Taylor Electric Board of Directors
Chairman: Brian Kulas, Town of Hammel
Vice-Chairman: Dean Tesch, Town of Deer Creek
Secretary/Treasurer: Patricia Waldhart, Town of Deer Creek
Director: Chuck Zenner, Town of Little Black
Director: Ray Henrichs, Town of Browning
Director: JoAnn Smith, Town of Little Black
Director: James Smola, Town of Greenwood
Mission Statement
“Our mission is to be our members’ most valuable resource for energy and related services”
Bylaws of Taylor Electric Cooperative
The principal purposes for which this cooperative association is formed is that of furnishing its members with electric power and energy on a cooperative non-profit basis. The Cooperative may engage in any activity within the purpose for which cooperative associations may be organized under Wisconsin law and all such activities shall be deemed within its purposes subject to such express limitations as may be imposed pursuant to its bylaws.
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