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It has often been said that "no man is an
island" and that is also very true of cooperatives.
Caney Valley would not be able to
serve you as well if it were not for our working relationships with other organizations.
Together, with each performing a vital function, we can keep the power flowing to you and
yours.
Caney Valley is a
member of Kansas Electric Cooperatives
(KEC), Kansas Electric Power Cooperative
(KEPCo), National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
(CFC), Rural
Utilities Service
(RUS), and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
(NRECA).
Kansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (KEC)
KEC, a statewide association, created and
supported by the local electric cooperatives in Kansas, is located in Topeka. KEC
performs services on behalf of 28 electric distribution
cooperatives and two G&Ts that serve
consumer-members in Kansas.
KEC provides a variety of services, including:
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Loss Control Training and Safety
programs for cooperative employees and directors
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Youth Tour programs to Washington,
D.C., and Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Legislative research and action
programs,
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Public Relations and advertising,
printing and publications including the monthly "Kansas Country Living"
magazine,
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Meter testing and inspection of safety
devices,
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Electric research projects and power
use programs,
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Coordinates with regulatory agencies'
policies & procedures,
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Retail rate case assistance.
For further information on KEC, visit http://www.kec.org
Kansas Electric Power Cooperative (KEPCo)
KEPCo is headquartered in Topeka, and is the
wholesale power supplier for electric cooperatives that serve the rural areas in the
eastern two-thirds of Kansas.
KEPCo owns 6% of the Wolf Creek Generating
Station, the nuclear power plant located near Burlington. KEPCo purchases power from
the Southwest Power Administration (SWPA) and Western Area Power Administration (WAPA),
which are Federal Power Marketing Agencies (PMAs). PMAs market hydro power
(electricity generated by rushing water through turbines) to preference customers.
Wolf Creek and the PMAs account for about 50% of KEPCo's power, and the
remainder is purchased from regional utilities as needed.
For further information on KEPCo, visit
http://www.kepco.org
Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
Electric cooperatives borrow a portion of the
funds they need to supply electricity to the member, usually about 70%, from the federal
government through the Rural Utilities Service. The borrowed monies are repaid with
interest to RUS, which is a division of the United States Department of Agriculture.
For more information on RUS visit
http://www.usda.gov/rus/electric
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance
Corporation (CFC)
Cooperatives can obtain additional funding
through the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation. CFC was formed
in 1969 to provide supplemental financing for rural electrification from private,
nongovernment sources. Some rural electric systems also obtain loans from the Banks
for Cooperatives and other lenders.
For more information on CFC visit
http://www.nrucfc.org
National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC)
Caney Valley works with the National Rural
Telecommunications Cooperative located in Herndon, VA. NRTC, formed in 1986, serves
nearly 800 rural electric and telephone utilities in 48 states. NRTC's primary mission is
to ensure that the benefits of modern telecommunications technology are extended to all
rural Americans.
NRTC's service offerings include:
- DIRECTV, Rural TV, and Digital
Satellite System (DSS),
- LINK - a power quality monitoring
device that works through the telephone line to provide real-time reporting on power
usage, outages, and power restoration,
- HomeGuard - Whole home lightening surge
suppression
- Internet access - a turn key package
that gives rural utilities tools to provide high-quality, high-speed, toll-free Internet
service to rural consumers.
- Channel Earth - features a variety of
rural lifestyle programming as well as live and late-breaking news, weather, livestock and
commodity markets plus updates on trends, policies and politics affecting farmers and
ranchers across the U.S.
- DTN AgDaily - features futures and
option quotes from all the major exchanges, radar weather maps and forecasts, regional
temperature and precipitation maps, daily commodity futures charts, USDA reports, etc.
For more information on NRTC visit
http://www.nrtc.org
Safety Check...
Keep curious little fingers out of electrical outlets.
A few packages of safety plugs can be installed in seconds, and will give you a
lot of peace of mind.
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PO Box 308, 401 Lawrence,
Cedar Vale, KS 67024 (620) 758-2262
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