FRENCH BROAD ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: FRENCH BROAD ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION (EIN 56-0229234)
Tax period: 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed: 2019-11-05
IRS object ID: 201903099349302180
Schema version: 2018v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-11-05T12:52:17-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	541320089	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ADAMS JENKINS CHEATHAM PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	231 WYLDEROSE DR	AddressLine1Txt
City	MIDLOTHIAN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	231136845	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	560229234	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRENCH BROAD ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FREN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8286492051	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 9	AddressLine1Txt
City	MARSHALL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	28753	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JOSEPH G JUSTICE	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2019-11-05	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	G STEVEN GILLIAM CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00348264	PTIN
Phone	8043231313	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-03-31 21:24:44Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JOSEPH G JUSTICE	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 9	AddressLine1Txt
City	MARSHALL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	28753	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$69,742,295	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	FRENCHBROADEMC.COM	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1939	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Safe and effective distribution of electricity to members of French Broad EMC.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	128	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$638	TotalGrossUBIAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$62,451,223	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$67,979,614	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$555,920	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$569,395	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,193,342	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$1,192,474	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$64,200,485	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$69,741,483	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$1,822,310	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$3,552,481	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$12,168,226	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$12,931,763	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$47,919,861	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$52,390,398	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$61,910,397	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$68,874,642	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,290,088	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$866,841	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$126,420,947	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$128,517,295	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$82,488,591	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$82,398,723	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$43,932,356	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$46,118,572	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Safe and effective distribution of electricity to members of French Broad EMC.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY TO MEMBERS of French Broad Electric Membership Corporation. The three largest program services, as measured by expenses are as follows:Cost of power $37,090,482Salaries and wages $8,286,438Depreciation and amortization $7,115,833	Desc
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	30	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	128	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Members And Shr Gross Income	$67,490,062	MembersAndShrGrossIncomeAmt
Other Sources Gross Income	$1,060,873	OtherSourcesGrossIncomeAmt
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	11	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (true)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (true)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	false	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	PHYLLIS HOLT	PersonNm
Phone	8286492051	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 9	AddressLine1Txt
City	MARSHALL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	28753	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (20 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
JOSEPH G JUSTICE
President	10.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$27,088	$0	$0
JAMES M RAY
VICE PRESIDENT	10.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$28,721	$0	$0
JOHN L CHANDLER
Secretary	11.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$29,621	$0	$0
GARY T WILDE
TREASURER	12.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$34,141	$0	$0
BILL RIDDLE
DIRECTOR	9.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$26,788	$0	$0
JD QUINN
DIRECTOR	5.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$24,688	$0	$0
GORDON RANDOLPH
Asst. Treasurer	12.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$17,883	$0	$0
CARL RAMSEY
DIRECTOR	9.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$27,088	$0	$0
KEITH A KUHNE
DIRECTOR	10.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$28,085	$0	$0
CHARLES R TOLLEY
DIRECTOR	9.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$27,650	$0	$0
Jill Austin
Director	11.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$29,921	$0	$0
JEFFERY LOVEN
GENERAL MANAGER	46.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$231,111	$0	$110,908
PHYLLIS HOLT
OFFICE MANAGER	45.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$142,670	$0	$72,893
Tracy Evans
District Manager	60.00	0.00			$151,185	$0	$73,645	Yes (X)
Gregory Fowler
District Manager	48.00	0.00			$156,220	$0	$99,020	Yes (X)
Hugh R Flemming
OP MGR. / SAF CORD	55.00	0.00			$122,005	$0	$9,262		Yes (X)
Dewey R Willis
Service Tech	51.00	0.00			$117,883	$0	$37,853		Yes (X)
DONALD R WEBB
Eng. & Opr. Mgr.	48.00	0.00			$121,578	$0	$48,153		Yes (X)
Danny H Hensley
Crew Leader	46.00	0.00			$118,555	$0	$43,506		Yes (X)
Jackie Buchanan
Service Tech	46.00	0.00			$110,362	$0	$43,390		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$1,573,243	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$538,630	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	21	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
HERITAGE EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE
PO BOX 1089	BURNSVILLE	NC	28714	ROW MAINTENANCE	$2,629,379
HAYNES ELECTRIC
PO BOX 536767	ATLANTA	GA	30353	ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTIO	$800,648
Lewis Tree
PO Box 1118	CONCORD	NC	28026	ROW MAINTENANCE	$845,171
JAS of Weaverville LLC
PO Box 1716	Mars Hill	NC	28754	Heat Pump Install	$390,747
SOUTHEAST WOODLAND SERVICES
431 CAINES LANDING RD	CONWAY	SC	29526	ROW SPRAYING	$493,046

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	7	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Total Contributions	$0	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
CIAC	$344,735	$344,735
PATRONAGE ALLOCATIONS	$144,817	$144,817
SALE OF ELECTRICITY	$67,490,062	$67,490,062

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$67,979,614	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$533,063	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$533,063	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,450	RealAmt
Personal	$1,191,360	PersonalAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$812	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$638	RealAmt
Personal	$1,191,360	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,191,998	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$638	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,191,360	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$36,332	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$36,332	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$36,332	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$36,332	ExclusionAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Other	Desc
Business	221000	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$476	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$476	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$476	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$69,741,483	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$67,980,090	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$638	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,760,755	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,552,481	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,339,326	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,286,438	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,781,935	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$806,654	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$717,410	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$71,124	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,248,580	TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$91,396	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,657,790	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,115,833	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
COST OF POWER	$37,090,482
DISTRIBUTION MAINTENANCE	$5,100,468
DISTRIBUTION OPERATION	$1,563,259
ADMIN AND GENERAL	$1,199,146

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	-$3,747,680	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$68,874,642	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,683,866	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,128,501	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,060,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,060,000	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,993,733	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,656,783	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$568,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$477,000	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,353,106	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,178,412	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,055,467	BOYAmt
EOY	$849,377	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$202,948,736	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$92,787,110	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$107,764,497	BOYAmt
EOY	$110,161,626	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,403,050	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,451,657	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$539,228	BOYAmt
EOY	$553,939	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$126,420,947	BOYAmt
EOY	$128,517,295	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,709,762	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,602,036	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$60,986,603	BOYAmt
EOY	$60,681,804	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,792,226	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,114,883	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,488,591	BOYAmt
EOY	$82,398,723	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,932,356	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,118,572	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,932,356	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,118,572	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$126,420,947	BOYAmt
EOY	$128,517,295	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$866,841	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$1,319,375	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$202,948,736	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$92,787,110	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$110,161,626	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$110,161,626	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Invst Program Related Org InvstProgramRelatedOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
PATRONAGE CAPITAL	$1,277,635	C
CAPITAL TERM CERTIFICATES	$1,173,022	C
MEMBERSHIP FEES	$1,000	C

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
APBO	$11,930,821
CONSUMER DEPOSITS	$783,145
DEFERRED CREDITS	$367,722
REGULATORY LIABILITIES	$1,033,195

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$14,114,883	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Corporation follows the guidance for "uncertain tax positions" in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The Corporation has determined that it is more likely than not that their tax positions will be sustained upon examination by the Internal Revenue Service.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Danny H Hensley
Crew Leader	$118,555	$27,009	$16,497	$162,061
Dewey R Willis
Service Tech	$117,883	$21,859	$15,994	$155,736
DONALD R WEBB
Eng. & Opr. Mgr.	$121,578	$31,535	$16,618	$169,731
Gregory Fowler
District Manager	$156,220	$81,984	$17,036	$255,240
Jackie Buchanan
Service Tech	$110,362	$27,309	$16,081	$153,752
JEFFERY LOVEN
GENERAL MANAGER	$231,111	$92,648	$18,260	$342,019
PHYLLIS HOLT
OFFICE MANAGER	$142,670	$55,860	$17,033	$215,563
Tracy Evans
District Manager	$151,185	$56,573	$17,072	$224,830

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	James Ray Winter Star Co	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	President	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	Econ. Dev. Loan	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	JAMES RAY IS PRESIDENT OF WINTER STAR COMPANY. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED WINTER STAR COMPANY WITH A $360,000 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOAN. The loan balance at December 31, 2018 was $252,000.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (14 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder	French Broad Electric Membership Corporation is an electric membership corporation that delivers electricity to the members of the cooperative. The members elect the board of directors, which comprise the governing body of the Corporation. Each member has one vote.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body	All members of the French Broad Electric Membership Corporation receive one vote with respect to selecting the Corporations's board of directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders	Certain decisions of the Governing body are subject to approval by the members as provided for in its bylaws.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	ACCOUNTING PERSONNEL REVIEW THE 990 FOR ACCURACY BEFORE FURNISHING IT TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SETS THE SALARY OF THE GENERAL MANAGER AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY JOB REVIEW OR INCREASE IN PAY.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	THE GENERAL MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE JOB REVIEW OF EACH UPPER MANAGEMENT POSITION. THIS REVIEW IS CONDUCTED AS DEEMED NECESSARY, AND MERIT RAISES ARE CONSIDERED BASED ON PAST JOB PERFORMANCE, ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COOPERATIVE.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	ALL NEW MEMBERS ARE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE BYLAWS AND SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS WHEN THEY SIGN UP FOR SERVICE. tHIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE FBEMC WEBSITE. A FINANCIAL REPORT IS MAILED TO EACH MEMBER EVERY YEAR IN THE ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE. THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE ORGANIZATION'S HEADQUARTERS.
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	CIAC not revenue per GAAP = -$344735
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases	NON-CASH PATRONAGE ALLOCATIONS = $49214
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases	OCI = $46260
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases	Patronage capital retirements = -$1983845
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases	PATRONAGE DIV PAID TO MEMBERS ACCTS NOT EXPENSED PER GAAP = $3552481
FORM 990 PART VII COLUMN (F)	INCLUDED IN FORM 990, PART VII, COLUMN (F) AND SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C) IS THE ACTUARIAL INCREASE IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS. THE CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE NRECA R&S DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN IS THE SAME FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THE PLAN. THE CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE FOR EACH PARTICIPANT, HOWEVER, VARIES WITH AGE. IN OTHER WORDS, THE OLDER A PLAN PARTICIPANT IS, THE GREATER THE INCREASE IN THAT INDIVIDUAL'S CHANGE IN ACTUARIAL VALUE, ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 4 Benefits Paid To or For Members	Patronage dividends are credited to members' accounts in accordance with the pre-existing obligation in Cooperative's by-laws. The Corporation is obligated to pay by credits to a capital account for each patron all such amounts in excess of operating costs and expenses. Patronage dividends of section 501(c)(12) organizations are reported on line 4.