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MIDWEST ENERGY INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization
MIDWEST ENERGY INC (EIN 48-0163970)
Tax period
2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed
2017-06-15
IRS object ID
201721669349301347
Schema version
2016v3.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2017-06-15T18:02:06-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2016-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Business Name Line1Gabel Tax & AccountingBusinessNameLine1Txt

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CityHaysCityNm
State AbbreviationKSStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP67601ZIPCd
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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2016-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN480163970EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name Line1Midwest Energy IncBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Business Name ControlMIDWBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone8002223121PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1PO Box 898AddressLine1Txt
CityHaysCityNm
State AbbreviationKSStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP67601ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

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PersonTHOMAS S MEISPersonNm
Person TitleVP FINANCE, CFOPersonTitleTxt
Phone8002223121PhoneNum
Signature2017-05-07SignatureDt

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Preparer PersonTODD GABELPreparerPersonNm

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

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I Pv4 Address198.210.107.235IPv4AddressTxt
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US Address USAddress

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Address Line1PO Box 898AddressLine1Txt
CityHaysCityNm
State AbbreviationKSStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP67601ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$211,184,322GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501cYes (X)Organization501cInd
Website Addressmwenergy.comWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1978FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateKSLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionMidwest Energy's mission is to: -provide safe, reliable and efficient energy services -deliver innovative, affordable and environmentally sound solutions -foster leadership and growth throughout our regionActivityOrMissionDesc
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Total Volunteers0TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI$0TotalGrossUBIAmt
CY Contributions Grants$0CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue$208,335,325PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue$210,929,393CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income$278,902PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income$254,929CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue$0CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue$208,614,227PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue$211,184,322CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid$228,615CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members$15,886,927PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members$12,870,697CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$26,330,247PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$23,569,417CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense$0CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses$167,176,577PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses$175,264,190CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses$209,393,751PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses$211,932,919CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses-$779,524PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses-$748,597CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
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Total Assets EOY$573,220,675TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$337,085,855TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$369,109,033TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$196,079,070NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$204,111,642NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
MissionMidwest Energy's mission is to:MissionDesc
Significant New Program SrvcfalseSignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant ChangefalseSignificantChangeInd
DescSERVE APPROXIMATELY 50,000 ELECTRIC AND 42,000 NATURAL GAS CUSTOMERS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS.Desc
Described In Section501c3falseDescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B RequiredfalseScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign ActyYes (true)PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying ActivitiesfalseLobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy TaxfalseSubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised FundfalseDonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation EasementsfalseConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of ArtfalseCollectionsOfArtInd
Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent EndowmentsfalseTempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentYes (true)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other SecfalseReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related InvstfalseReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other AssetsfalseReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other LiabilitiesfalseReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 FootnotefalseIncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl StmtfalseIndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl StmtYes (true)ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School OperatingfalseSchoolOperatingInd
Foreign OfficefalseForeignOfficeInd
Foreign ActivitiesfalseForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To OrgfalseMoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To IndividualsfalseMoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional FundraisingfalseProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising ActivitiesfalseFundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming ActivitiesfalseGamingActivitiesInd
Operate HospitalfalseOperateHospitalInd
Grants To OrganizationsYes (true)GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To IndividualsfalseGrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J RequiredYes (true)ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt BondsfalseTaxExemptBondsInd
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PY Excess Benefit TransfalsePYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan OutstandingfalseLoanOutstandingInd
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Terminate OperationsfalseTerminateOperationsInd
Partial LiquidationfalsePartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded EntityfalseDisregardedEntityInd
Related EntityYes (true)RelatedEntityInd
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Transaction With Control EntfalseTransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted PrtshpfalseActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O RequiredYes (true)ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document204IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G0IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld ComplianceYes (true)BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee319EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns FiledYes (true)EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitfalseUnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible ContributionsfalseNondeductibleContributionsInd
Members And Shr Gross Income$209,016,912MembersAndShrGrossIncomeAmt
Other Sources Gross Income$8,186,553OtherSourcesGrossIncomeAmt
Indoor Tanning ServicesfalseIndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
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Independent Voting Member9IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business RlnYes (true)FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt DutiesfalseDelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org DocumentsfalseChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or MisusefalseMaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or StockholdersYes (true)MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board MembersYes (true)ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To ApprovafalseDecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (true)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of CommitteesYes (true)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing AddressfalseOfficerMailingAddressInd
Local ChaptersfalseLocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn BodyYes (true)Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (true)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered PrsnYes (true)AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring EnfrcYes (true)RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower PolicyYes (true)WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyfalseDocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEOYes (true)CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process OtherfalseCompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonTHOMAS S MEISPersonNm
Phone7856251416PhoneNum

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Address Line11330 CanterburyAddressLine1Txt
CityHaysCityNm
State AbbreviationKSStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP67601ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (21 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRtIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorIndReportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmtReportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmtOther CompensationOtherCompensationAmtOfficerOfficerIndKey EmployeeKeyEmployeeIndHighest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
LOUISE BERNING
Director7.00Yes (X)$10,650$0$0
JOHN BLACKWELL
Director7.00Yes (X)$25,100$0$0
LON FRAHM
Director7.00Yes (X)$9,350$0$0
KEITH MILLER
Director7.00Yes (X)$21,100$0$0
CHUCK MOORE
Director6.00Yes (X)$10,100$0$0
GARY MOSS
Director5.00Yes (X)$9,350$0$0
ED PRATT
Director8.00Yes (X)$15,600$0$0
JUANITA STECKLEIN
Director7.00Yes (X)$13,750$0$0
DALE UNRUH
Director5.00Yes (X)$13,200$0$0
EARNEST A LEHMAN
President & GM55.00$399,462$0$0Yes (X)
THOMAS S MEIS
V.P. Finance, CFO40.00$166,102$0$0Yes (X)
SHARON DREHER
Secretary50.00$165,034$0$0Yes (X)
WILLIAM DOWLING
VP of Energy Management & Supply50.00$199,938$0$0Yes (X)
FREDRICK TAYLOR
VP Operations50.00$163,663$0$0Yes (X)
PATRICK PARKE
VP Customer Service50$186,850Yes (X)
ROBERT BIEKER
Maintenance Supervisor50$118,831Yes (X)
WANDA KUHN
Compensation & Benefits Mgr45$108,755Yes (X)
TIMOTHY FLAX
VP IT40$183,646Yes (X)
MARK MEYER
Linemen/Servicemen50$106,559Yes (X)
ROBERT MUIRHEAD
Director Economic Development50$109,438Yes (X)
DONALD AUGUSTINE
Operations Mgr - Great Bend50$106,018Yes (X)
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Total Reportable Comp From Org$2,142,496TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K16IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees ListedfalseFormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 KYes (true)TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other SrcsfalseCompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCdServicesServicesDescCompensationCompensationAmt
Par Electrical Contractors Inc
3687 US Highway 24GrantvilleKS66429Line Construction$4,876,763
Ward Electric Co Inc
3690 StagecoachLongmontCO80504Line Construction$1,277,531
M&D Excavating
1116 E 8thHaysKS67601Excavating services$1,181,878
North American Energy Services
1180 NW Maple St Suite 200IssaquahWA98027Power Plant Management & Staffing$1,447,240
Burns & McDonnel
PO Box 411883Kansas CityMO64141Engineering & Construction Management$3,513,951
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K25CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDescBusinessBusinessCdTotal Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmtExclusionExclusionAmt
Electric Revenues221000$168,662,360
Gas Revenues221000$39,902,473
Joint Pole Rental221000$228,125$228,125
Patronage Dividends221000$1,776,075$1,776,075

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$360,360TotalRevenueColumnAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue$210,929,393TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$254,929TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$211,184,322TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$209,180,122RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion$2,004,200ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$228,615TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$12,870,697TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,142,496TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$14,454,486TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,761,509TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,880,400TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,330,526TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$100,244TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$63,154TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$424,120TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$13,672,324TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$20,787,636TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmt
Purchased Power$102,325,462
Purchased Gas$19,221,477
Operating Expenses$10,724,227
Property Taxes$7,945,546

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$211,932,919TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$509,068BOYAmt
EOY$590,368EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$22,387,459BOYAmt
EOY$27,408,178EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$6,723,180BOYAmt
EOY$7,213,879EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$7,017,768BOYAmt
EOY$6,315,915EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$26,660,386BOYAmt
EOY$23,214,211EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$740,166,885LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$254,828,167LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$446,687,320BOYAmt
EOY$485,338,718EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$21,681,715BOYAmt
EOY$21,667,109EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,498,029BOYAmt
EOY$1,472,297EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$533,164,925BOYAmt
EOY$573,220,675EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$49,520,554BOYAmt
EOY$73,937,139EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$706,624BOYAmt
EOY$788,463EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$286,858,677BOYAmt
EOY$294,383,431EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$337,085,855BOYAmt
EOY$369,109,033EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117Yes (X)OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$196,079,070BOYAmt
EOY$204,111,642EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$196,079,070BOYAmt
EOY$204,111,642EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$533,164,925BOYAmt
EOY$573,220,675EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$748,597ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$8,781,169OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Political Expenditures$3,500PoliticalExpendituresAmt
Volunteer Hours0VolunteerHoursCnt
Form1120 POL FiledYes (true)Form1120POLFiledInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$740,166,885OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$254,828,167DepreciationAmt
Book Value$485,338,718BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$485,338,718TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$211,930,919TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$211,930,919RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld-$746,596InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt-$746,596RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$211,184,323TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$199,055,464TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$199,055,464ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included$12,875,455OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$12,875,455ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$211,930,919TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePt XII, Line 4bFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationCapital credits allocated.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedfalseGrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Ellis County United WayBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO Box 367AddressLine1Txt
CityHaysCityNm
State AbbreviationKSStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP67601ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN480876865RecipientEIN
IRC Section501(c)3IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant$24,382CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of GrantFund local non-profit agencies.PurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantiation RequiredYes (true)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanYes (true)SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (7 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
EARNEST A LEHMAN
$237,914$161,548$69,687$19,421$488,570
THOMAS S MEIS
$149,608$16,494$25,957$23,822$215,881
SHARON DREHER
$146,466$18,568$73,618$10,954$249,606
WILLIAM DOWLING
$175,774$24,164$93,156$20,554$313,648
FREDRICK TAYLOR
$144,402$19,261$31,158$24,798$219,619
PATRICK PARKE
$167,665$19,185$64,759$11,657$263,266
TIMOTHY FLAX
$161,546$22,100$14,045$21,958$219,649

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt I Line 4bEarnest A. Lehman received deferred compensation of $18,000 that is included in Box 5 of the W-2.
Pt I Line 4bSharon Dreher received deferred compensation of $11,700 that is included in Box 5 of the W-2.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 2Directors have a business relationship where one is employed by the other.
Pt VI, Line 19The 990 is made available,upon request, in paper form or can be emailed to requestors.
Pt VI, Line 11bThe 990 was presented to the Board of Directors for their review before it was filed with the IRS.
Pt VI, Line 12cThe Board of Directors, Officers, Key Employees and Highly Compensated Employees fill out a questionnaire each year detailing any potential conflicts of interest.
Pt VI, Line 15aEvery three years a wage study is completed to compare market data with Midwest Energy's salary plan. Base compensation and bonus amounts for the General Manager are determined by the Board of Directors' Compensation Committee. Base compensation and bonuses for the other key employees are determined by the General Manager in accordance with the company's Salary Plan and Annual Business Plan.
Pt VI, Line 6The organization is made up of members who are currently receiving service or have received service in the past and still have a balance in their capital credit account.
Pt VI, Line 7aThe Board of Directors is elected by the members.
Pt XIOther Changes to Net Assets is for capital credits paid out and capital credits allocated.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Midwest DevelopmentBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO Box 898AddressLine1Txt
CityHaysCityNm
State AbbreviationKSStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP67601ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN481101824EIN
Primary ActivitiesECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTPrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateKSLegalDomicileStateCd
Entity TypeCEntityTypeTxt
Ownership1.00000OwnershipPct
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts RyltsfalseReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth OrgYes (true)LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related OrganizationfalseDivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other OrgfalseAssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other OrgfalseAssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset ExchangefalseAssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth OrgfalsePerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgfalsePerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesfalseSharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingfalsePaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgYes (true)ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgfalseReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgfalseTransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other OrgfalseTransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (2 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxtMethod Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
Midwest Development Inc
ecost
Midwest Development Inc
ocost