We Deliver Information
as Well as Your Electricity
MANAGERS MESSAGE
By reading this column and the other information in
these pages, you are helping Jasper-Newton Electric Cooperative, Inc. (JNEC) fulfill
one of the seven principles all cooperatives strive to follow, Principle No. 5:
education, training and information.
You are holding one of this cooperative’s primary
conduits of education and information, Texas Co-op Power magazine. Through
these pages, we are able to communicate directly with you, the member-owner, on
important co-op business such as bylaws changes and director elections. In
addition, we can pass along energy saving tips that could save you money and
safety information that might even save your life. We are also available to
conduct programs to educate young people in our service territories with
JNEC also supports the education of our young people
by sponsoring a scholarship program and sending student delegates to
Washington, D.C., on the annual Government-in-Action Youth Tour and sponsoring
students to the annual East Texas Rural Electric Youth Seminar (ETREYS).
Our scholarships are funded through the unclaimed
capital credits that are returned to the co-op. In the past, these funds would
have reverted to the state’s general fund. But thanks to a legislative change a
few years ago, we can now use that money to help send deserving students to an
institution of higher education. Our JNEC directors also fund a scholarship for
a graduating senior attending a technical institution.
On the Youth Tour, students receive an
all-expenses-paid trip to the nation’s capital to tour historic sites, see important
governmental buildings, meet lawmakers and learn more about how our system of
government works.
There is still time to apply for this year’s
scholarship award and the Youth Tour and ETREYS trips. Contact our Member Services
department; find an application online at www.jnec.com or in the January and February
issues of
Our directors undergo an extensive series of courses
designed to teach them the basics of electric system management and keep them
informed of the latest developments to help them make the best decisions
possible about your electric service.
Our education efforts also extend to our employees.
We encourage and support them in taking courses through the state organization,
We also sponsor safety seminars that our linemen and
other field workers attend. This education is vital to keeping our work force
safe and reducing the costs involved with lost time accidents.
Our focus on education is part of the overall effort
this co-op makes to improve the communities that we serve. JNEC is proud of our
record of achievement in all areas of education, training and information.
-Mark Tamplin