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        <ExplanationTxt>EMEPA IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501 (C)12. EMC HAS ELECTED TO BE TAXED AS A CORPORATION. INCOME TAX PROVISIONS ARE BASED ON THE ASSET AND LIABILITY METHOD. DEFERRED INCOME TAXES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR TEMPORARY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TAX BASIS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND THEIR REPORTED AMOUNTS IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SUCH DIFFERENCES CONSIST OF NET OPERATING LOSSES CARRYFORWARDS AND ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION FOR TAX PURPOSES. ACCOUNTING RULES PRESCRIBE WHEN TO RECOGNIZE AND HOW TO MEASURE THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT EFFECT, IF ANY, OF INCOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN ON INCOME TAX RETURNS INCLUDING THE POSITION THAT EMEPA WILL CONTINUE TO QUALIFY AS A TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION.MANAGEMENT EVALUATES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT, UPON EXAMINATION BY RELEVANT TAXING JURISDICTIONS, THOSE INCOME TAX POSITIONS WOULD BE SUSTAINED. BASED ON THAT EVALUATION, IF IT WERE MORE THAN 50% PROBABLE THAT A MATERIAL AMOUNT OF INCOME TAX WOULD BE IMPOSED ON THE ASSOCIATION UPON EXAMINATION BY THE RELEVANT TAXING AUTHORITIES, A LIABILITY WOULD BE RECOGNIZED IN THE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET ALONG WITH ANY INTEREST AND PENALTIES RESULTING FROM THAT ASSESSMENT.SHOULD ANY PENALTIES AND INTEREST BE INCURRED, THE ASSOCIATION'S POLICY WOULD BE TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS OPERATING EXPENSES.BASED ON MANAGEMENT'S EVALUATION, NO LIABILITIES OR PENALTIES AND INTEREST WERE REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30,2023 AND 2022. YEARS THAT EMEPA RETURNS REMAIN SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE INCLUDE THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023, 2022, 2021, AND 2020. AND FOR EMC, THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30,2023, 2022, AND 2021.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>PART IX, LINE 4 , BENFITS PAID TO OR FOR MEMBERS THE AMOUNT ON LINE 4 OF PART IX, BENEFITS PAID TO OR FOR MEMBERS REPRESENTS PATRONAGE CAPITAL ALLOCATED TO MEMBERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023. TOTAL NET RETIREMENT OF PATRONAGE CAPITAL TO MEMBERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 WAS 1,492,232.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>EMEPA IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT MEMBER OWNED ORGANIZATION. BEFORE RECEIVING ELECTRIC SERVICE, EACH PERSON/BUSINESS MUST APPLY FOR SERVICE. SERVICE IS OPEN TO ALL PERSONS/BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN EMEPA'S CERTIFIED SERVICE TERRITORY.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>EMEPA HOLDS AN ANNUAL MEETING THE FIRST SATURDAY IN OCTOBER EACH YEAR. A NOMINATING COMMITTEE , COMPOSED OF MEMBERS, NOMINATES CANDIDATES ANNUALLY FOR ELECTION TO A THREE YEAR TERM. THOSE NOT ATTENDING IN PERSON MAY VOTE BY PROXY.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>THE DATA PROVIDED IN THE IRS FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE CEO AND DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE. AFTER REVIEW, THE 990 IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT A MONTHLY BOARD MEETING AND FILED WITH THE IRS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>EMEPA PROVIDES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CERTIFICATE AND DISCLOSURE FORM TO THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT WHO MUST SIGN THAT THEY HAVE READ IT AND THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY CONFLICTS. EACH PERSON MUST AGREE TO NOTIFY THE ASSOCIATION OF ANY CONFLICT AS SOON AS IT IS DISCOVERED.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED BY AN EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION AND COMPARED TO OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INDUSTRY.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST IN OUR OFFICE. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE BY REQUEST AND ARE PRINTED ANNUALLY IN THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION AND ARE GIVEN TO EACH MEMBER ATTENDING THE ANNUAL MEETING.</ExplanationTxt>
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