C & L Electric Cooperative members have elected one director to the system’s board, it was announced at the organization’s annual membership meeting June 15 at Star City. John Ed Ashcraft of Rison was re-elected to serve a five-year term.
C & L Electric, with general offices in Star City, serves approximately 22,499 homes, farms, businesses, and industries in parts of Bradley, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, and Lincoln Counties.
Other members of the board are William “Bubba” Humphrey of Jefferson County, Philip C. “Phil” Wilson of Sheridan, Frank Wilson of Cleveland County, Charles S. Searcy of Monticello, Robert Wilson Floyd of Lincoln County, Keith Griffin of Star City, Tony Cathey of Bradley County, and Lawrence “Bubba” Hudson of Desha County.
John D. Vondran is chief executive officer and general manager.
Statistics cited in the annual report showed system members used 364,0327,912 kilowatt hours (kWh) during 2022. Members used an average of 1,349 kWh each month last year.
The largest single expense for C & L Electric in 2022 was the $30,195,454 paid for the electricity it distributed to members. Wholesale power is purchased from Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) which is owned by C & L and 16 other electric cooperatives in Arkansas. Wholesale power costs accounted for nearly 58 percent of the system’s total outlay.
Approximately 71 percent of C & L Electric’s revenue was provided by its residential and farm members, with commercial and industrial accounts providing 29 percent.
C & L Electric had no allocated margins for 2022 and ended this year with total assets of $142,929,498.
