Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 13, 2019 -- SEVEN
‘Your distribution plant is in good condition’
Electric co-op manager gives report at annual meeting
By David Sykes
Columbia Basin Elec-
tric Co-op General Manag-
er Thomas Wolff told the
gathered crowd last week
that all is well with the
co-op including a sound
distribution system and
continued efforts to make
improvements. “It’s all
about the people,” Wolff
said as he introduced the
employees of the co-op who
were in attendance at the
annual meeting in Heppner
last week. “These are the
ones who keep the power
flowing,” Wolff said. This
would be Wolff’s last annu-
al meeting as he is retiring
in February of next year.
He went on to point out
some of the improvements
to the electrical system over
the past 15 years including
a re-build of sub stations
at Condon, Fossil, Sand
Hollow and Ruggs. He
said they are in the process
of rebuilding the Olex dis-
tribution station. He also
reported some of these
systems were 50-60 years
old and in need of rebuild.
Wolff added that with the
Ruggs to Ione interchange
an outage in that area can
Gerry Arnson, Board
President
A new book about the 75-year
history of Columbia Basic
Electric Co-op was passed
out at the annual meeting last
week. One of the pages in the
book shows long-time employ-
ee and CBEC patriarch Billy
Gentry (right), now retired,
on a pole along with his grand-
son Tate Gentry, now also an
employee of the co-op.
now be cut from a previous
five to six days to a matter
of minutes before power is
restored.
In other information,
Wolff said the co-op sells
nine million in power each
year and that the co-op
board has made a signif-
icant effort to “live with-
in our means and keep
rates down.” He added
that they would be paying
out $575,000 soon in cap-
ital credits to certain co-op
members.
Wolff emphasized that
there are political forces
that people should be aware
of and it is important that
the co-op have “grassroot
support” when address-
ing those issues. He urged
members to get involved to
protect their interests. He
also said the co-op is con-
tinuing in its effort to bring
high speed fiber internet
connections to many of the
members. He said they are
waiting on a federal grant
to complete what is called
the “final build out” or fiber
to the homes. “We are your
co-op. We are working well
and we strive to keep rates
reasonable and we will keep
the lights on,” Wolff said in
closing.
Also speaking at the
meeting was Board Presi-
dent Gerry Arnson who also
urged people to keep an eye
on the legislators and let
them hear from you. “Your
numbers count,” he told
members. He said it may
take grass root action to
insure the continued avail-
ability of steady afford-
able hydro-electric power.
“Strength goes a long way,”
he told the members.
188 W. Willow
P.O. Box 337
Heppner, OR 97836
The men of St. Pat-
rick’s Catholic Church of
Heppner and St. William’s
Catholic Church of Ione
will hold their fall dinner
meeting and memorial mass
on Tuesday November 19.
The memorial mass for
the deceased men of the
parishes will be held at 6
p.m. at St. Patrick’s Cath-
olic Church in Heppner
followed by dinner and a
meeting in the parish hall.
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