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THESE FUNDS WERE HELD BY EEI ON USWAG'S BEHALF AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY PAID OUT TO USWAG AFTER USWAG BECAME A STANDALONE ENTITY AND COMPLETED ITS SEPARATION FROM EEI. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 3 THE ORGANIZATION DELEGATED CONTROL OVER MANAGEMENT DUTIES TO BRYDGES CONSULTING LLC WHO WAS COMPENSATED $101,416 FOR SERVICES IN 2024. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE: A. OPERATING ENERGY COMPANY MEMBERS, DEFINED AS INVESTOR-OWNED, COOPERATIVE, OR PUBLICLY OWNED ENTITIES ENGAGED IN THE GENERATION/PRODUCTION, TRANSMISSION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY, NATURAL GAS, OR OTHER ENERGY SOURCES. B. HOLDING COMPANY MEMBERS, DEFINED AS CORPORATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVING AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN ONE OR MORE OPERATING ENERGY COMPANIES. C. TRADE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS, DEFINED AS ASSOCIATIONS WHOSE MEMBERS CONSIST OF OPERATING ENERGY COMPANIES. D. 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