Pedernales Electric Cooperative

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Pedernales Electric Cooperative
AbbreviationPEC
Formation1938;87 years ago (1938)
Founded atTexas
TypeRural electric cooperative
Legal statusNon-profit
PurposeProvide rural electricity in Texas
Headquarters Johnson City, Texas
Location
Region
US-TX
Membership410,000+
CEO
Julie Caruthers Parsley
Affiliations NRECA
Website mypec.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Pedernales Electric Cooperative is a not-for-profit rural electric distribution, utility cooperative headquartered in Johnson City, Texas, US, set up in 1938.

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The cooperative, the nation's largest distribution electric cooperative, is owned by more than 300,000 cooperative members in Central Texas and serves an area of 8,100 square miles (21,000 km2). [1] A 2.25-MW / 4.5-MWh (2-hour) grid battery was installed in Johnson City in 2020. [2]

Leadership

Julie Caruthers Parsley joined Pedernales Electric Cooperative as chief executive officer in 2017. She had been a partner at the law firm Parsley Coffin Renner. She is a former Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and focused her law practice on energy-related legal and consulting services in Texas and the Southwest. She was also Solicitor General of Texas, is board certified in civil appellate law and was an adjunct professor of law teaching appellate practice and procedure at the University of Texas School of Law. [3]

Board of directors

As a cooperative, PEC is owned and governed by its members, who are democratically elected to serve on the cooperative's board of directors. In 2016, the cooperative adopted a single-member district voting methodology in which members vote every three years for their district's director seat. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Texan John Hewa Points His Electric Co-Op Toward Innovative Growth" . Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pedernales Electric Cooperative's Large-Scale Battery Storage System Online Now". Renewable Energy World. October 28, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  3. ↑ Sechler, Bob (October 27, 2017). "Pedernales Electric Hires First-Ever Female CEO". Austin American Statesman. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ "PEC Changes Voting System for Director Elections". August 16, 2016.
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