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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The Form 990 was reviewed by the accounting staff at Clarke Washington Electric Membership Corporation before it was presented to the board of trustees. A member of the accounting staff attended a board meeting, provided the trustees with a copy of the Form 990, and conducted a formal review of the Form 990 with the trustees before it was filed with the Internal Revenue Service.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The Board of Trustees reviews comparable salary data from AREA and/or NRECA compensation studies. The Board of Trustees approves the General Manager's compensation. The General Manager determines all other employee compensation based on compensation surveys and studies.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The cooperative's governing documents and financial statements are available to the public upon request at it main office in Jackson, Alabama.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part IX, Line 4</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The instructions to the Form 990 indicate that organizations exempt under Section 501(c)(12) should report patronage dividends paid to their members in Part IX, Line 4 for the Form 990. Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation has interpreted the words "patronage dividends paid" in the instructions to mean margins that are assigned or assignable to the members. Therefore, the amount listed in Part IX, Line 4 represents the margins that were assigned to the members for the calendar year.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part XI, line 9:</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Change in memberships 1,095. Retirement of capital credits -1,016,317. Gain on retirement of capital credits 447,159. Margins assigned/assignable to the cooperative members 3,611,522. Amortization of actuarial gain -187,071.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part XII, Line 2</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation's financial statement year end differs from its tax year end. It receives audited financial statements on an annual basis for the year ending March 31st.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
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