2018-10-30T08:37:47-07:00 2017-12-31 911900424 DECORIA MAICHEL AND TEAGUE PS 7307 N DIVISION ST Ste 222 SPOKANE WA 992086545 990 2017-01-01 840340655 United Power Inc UNIT 3036590551 PO Box 929 Brighton CO 80601 Laurie Rydwell CFO 2018-10-30 true Micheal A DeCoria P01217290 5095353503 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z 237862555 false false X www.unitedpower.com X 1938 CO Cooperative rural electric utility. 11 11 198 0 0 225823771 237465099 -102454 -556142 290854 177113 226012171 237086070 0 13898628 11996673 17586817 21472786 0 0 194707821 204396356 226193266 237865815 -181095 -779745 387864224 420077743 211963058 237539495 175901166 182538248 United Power's mission is to distribute electrical energy to its members. false false The Cooperative provides electric service to approximately 80,000 members. false false false false false false false false false true false true false true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false true 87 0 true 198 true false false false false false false false false false 225658446 12204109 false false false X 11 11 false false false false true true false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X The Organization 3036590551 PO Box 929 Brighton CO 806010929 Beth Martin Secr-Treasurer 14.00 0.00 X X 18954 0 0 Bob Grant Director 6.00 0.00 X 14259 0 0 Brian McCormick Director 18.00 0.00 X 27379 0 0 Doug Pryce Director 4.00 0.00 X 4625 0 0 James Vigesaa President 12.00 0.00 X X 27879 0 0 Susan Petrocco Vice President 7.00 0.00 X X 19854 0 0 Dave Rose Director 8.00 0.00 X 20504 0 0 Rick Newman Director 8.00 0.00 X 19004 0 0 Tamra Waltemath Director 7.00 0.00 X 16754 0 0 Tim Erickson Director 11.00 0.00 X 23379 0 0 Ursula Morgan Assist. Sec/Tre 21.00 0.00 X X 23754 0 0 Virginia Buczek Dir/CREA Rep 18.00 0.00 X 25317 0 0 Keith Alquist Director 2.00 0.00 X 4168 0 0 Bryant Robbins COO 40.00 0.00 X 179988 0 56081 John Parker CEO 40.00 0.00 X 238071 0 67705 Laurie Rydwell CFO 40.00 0.00 X 50688 0 1347 Troy Whitmore Public Aff Off 40.00 0.00 X 164420 0 65862 Delaine Orendorff HR Director 40.00 0.00 X 162292 0 59946 Dean Hubbuck Mng of Engineering 40.00 0.00 X 174622 0 68526 Antelia Salazar-Ball Manager of IS 40.00 0.00 X 131662 0 52389 Brent Sydow Manager of Ops 40.00 0.00 X 126959 0 56184 Myke Weis Manager of OPS 40.00 0.00 X 137595 0 61831 Darryl Schriver Former CEO 0.00 0.00 X 193456 0 54495 1805583 544366 52 true true false Ward Electric Company Inc 3690 Stagecoach Rd Longmont CO 80504 Line Construction 14173325 Socore Energy Install Svcs LLC 225 W Hubbard Ste 200 Chicago IL 60654 Battery Storage 2855640 Leidos Engineering LLC PO Box 223058 Pitttsburgh PA 15251 Meter Data Managemen 2247359 Asplundh Tree Expert Co PO Box 827464 Philadelphia PA 19182 Tree Trimming 1056341 One Call Locators LTD PO Box 220 Dept 948 Bettendorf IA 52722 Line Locating 942694 18 0 Capital credits 221000 10240628 10240628 Electricity sales 221000 225677329 225677329 Other operating revenue 221000 1547142 1547142 237465099 220343 220343 0 0 180373 180373 180373 180373 776485 -776485 -776485 -776485 0 0 0 Other non-operating, net -3260 -3260 -3260 237086070 236685354 400716 0 0 0 11996673 1069992 0 12308908 2855826 5238060 0 0 458803 50550 0 0 0 0 983595 825492 1060044 0 0 190560 0 89998 6631280 0 8326355 380879 Purchased power 173659441 Admin & General 11743915 Distribution - maintenance 6795930 Distribution - operations 6494480 -13294966 237865815 0 0 0 4994206 7118244 0 0 10071699 11290712 0 0 0 6743752 5540535 5719105 5725919 323850547 81926172 220103660 241924375 0 272226 134480 122264669 129655318 50091 50091 17644816 18638069 387864224 420077743 24308037 27575980 162947141 175025407 18000000 29500000 6707880 5438108 211963058 237539495 X 175901166 182538248 175901166 182538248 387864224 420077743 X -779745 7416827 X false true X true false 10529396 10529396 26019634 4215454 21804180 16153580 10500478 5653102 271147937 67210240 203937697 241924375 129655318 Capital leases 1396284 Customer deposits 1138721 Deferred credits 2903103 5438108 X 237086070 237086070 237086070 225869142 225869142 11996673 11996673 237865815 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Company adopted the professional accounting standard that requires the Company to evaluate its income tax positions to determine if they have any positions that would require any adjustments to the financial statements. The Companys policy is to include interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits/liabilities in income tax expense. The Company has determined that they have no uncertain income tax positions that need to be recorded or reported in the financial statements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.The Companys tax returns are subject to possible examination by taxing authorities. With few exceptions, the tax returns essentially remain open for possible examination for a period of three years after the respective filing deadlines of those returns. Part XII, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/S Patronage capital credits allocated $11996673 X X false true false Antelia Salazar-Ball Manager of IS 131662 32291 20098 184051 Brent Sydow Manager of Ops 126959 29916 26268 183143 Bryant Robbins COO 179988 35470 20611 236069 Darryl Schriver Former CEO 193456 39002 15493 247951 Dean Hubbuck Mng of Engineering 174622 41841 26685 243148 Delaine Orendorff HR Director 162292 39209 20737 222238 John Parker CEO 238071 45542 22163 305776 Myke Weis Manager of OPS 137595 35283 26548 199426 Troy Whitmore Public Aff Off 164420 38601 27261 230282 Western United Electric S Common Direc 17491908 Purchase of material false Tri-State GT Common Direc 168653775 Purchase of power false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information Sch L, Part IV, Business Transactions Involving Interested Persons:(a) Name of Interested Person: Western United Electric Supply Corporation(b) Relationship Between Interested Person and Organization: Common Director, Brian McCormick.(c) Amount of Transaction: $17,491,908(d) Description of Transaction: Purchase of materials and supplies for use in United Power's business.Sch L, Part IV, Business Transactions Involving Interested Persons:(a) Name of Interested Person: Tri-State G&T(b) Relationship Between Interested Person and Organization: Common Director, Richard Newman(c) Amount of Transaction: $168,653,775(d) Description of Transaction: Purchase of power for distribution to United Power's members. Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder Members are businesses and individuals which received electric service from the cooperative. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The draft Form 990 is provided to the Board. They are given time to review it and provide comments. The Form 990 would then be revised as necessary prior to filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The Board has a conflict of interest policy that applies strictly to them. New Board members are required to sign the policy and the Board self-polices the policy. A separate conflict of interest policy applies to employees. All members of senior management are required to sign the policy. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Board uses a compensation study from NRECA to review and approve the compensation of the CEO. Other officers and key employees are evaluated compared to data from a regional employment and training company. The data is reviewed as part of the annual budgeting process. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available United Power provides financial statements to the members as part of the annual report. Bylaws and annual reports are available on the Company's website. Articles of incorporation, bylaws, annual reports and the conflict of interest policy can be obtained at the Company's headquarters. Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases Gain on retirement of capital credits = $123411 Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases Income from subsidiary = $1359 Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases Net margins to be allocated = $11996673 Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases Patronage capital retired = -$5270243 Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases Transfer of unclaimed capital credit checks = $565627 United Power Round Up Foundation PO Box 929 Brighton CO 80601 841276017 Provide support to indiv. and charities CO 501(c)(3) Line 7 United Power Inc false Consumer Service Association PO Box 929 Brighton CO 80601 841095810 Telecommunications CO United Power Inc C corp 1359 150842 1.00000 false false true false false false false false false false false false true false true true false false false false United Power Round Up Foundation b 11339 Cash United Power Round Up Foundation n 21955 FMV