LETTER: Appreciation For The Co-op

To the editor,
The Socorro Electric Cooperative (SEC) has been in the local media recently for the Board of Trustees doings or undoings. The SEC overall does an outstanding job for our community by providing reliable electrical service and a fair rate. If the rates were extremely expensive and /or we experienced “black or brown outs” all the time, I could understand the negativity towards the SEC’s Board of Trustees.
The fact is that the SEC provides safe reliable electrical energy to our homes and businesses. The SEC also has many programs to help its members save money. The SEC offers subsidized priced electric water heaters and heating systems. The SEC staff can also assist members with receiving cash rebates on energy star rated electric appliances.
The SEC will accept used compact fluorescent light bulbs to avoid heavy metal pollution, and assist many of the government agencies by donating or recycling their used power poles.
The SEC is well known for their support of our community and assisting our youth activities, especially scholastic and athletic programs. Currently, the SEC is one of the many community orientated businesses that have donated to the Socorro’s youth fishing derby at Escondida Lake and assisting with the establishment of a Community Commercial Kitchen.
The SEC employees work night and day to ensure that no one loses power or restores power as soon as possible after an outage. Our local crew members put their lives on the line each and every time they make a repair and improvement to our electrical system. Our SEC employees are always there to protect and serve us.
After talking to a few of the Trustees, they recognize the need for improvements so I am very confident that they will make positive changes to the SEC rules to make the Cooperative more available to the membership, reduce board expenditures, and review redistricting. Change is hard and it takes time, so let’s give the Trustees time to make good solid decisions for positive changes.
I wish to express my thanks to the employees of the Socorro Electric Cooperative for all they do for our communities.

Terry Tadano
Socorro

LETTER: Appreciation For The Co-op