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BIG HORN COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
BIG HORN COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC (EIN 81-0111221)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-04-29
IRS object ID
201331199349300868
Schema version
2012v2.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2013-04-29T17:42:24-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN810386935EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SUMMERS MCNEA & CO PCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line180 25TH STREET WESTAddressLine1
CityBILLINGSCity
StateMTState
ZIP Code591024662ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN810111221EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1BIG HORN COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVEINCBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlBIGHNameControl
Phone4066652830Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 410AddressLine1
CityHARDINCity
StateMTState
ZIP Code590340410ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameWILLIAM L BREENName
TitlePRESIDENTTitle
Phone4066652830Phone
Date Signed2013-04-18DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameRICHARD A MATUSIAKName
PTINP00524085PTIN
Phone4066522320Phone
Date Prepared2013-04-18DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-03-07 17:11:31ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonCASEY MUNTERNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1303 S MITCHELLAddressLine1
CityHARDINCity
StateMTState
ZIP Code59034ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts6424995GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501cXOrganization501c
Web SiteWWW.BHCEC.COMWebSite
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Year Formation1939YearFormation
State Legal DomicileMTStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionRURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE SUPPLYING ELECTRICITY AND SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS LOCATED IN RURAL MONTANA.ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body9NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members9NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees17TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Contributions Grants Current Year0ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
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Investment Income Prior Year13041InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year16026InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year32419OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year37879OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year6225771TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year6424995TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
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Salaries Etc Prior Year1274243SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year313740SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year4411312OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year5693234OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year5685555TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year6340213TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year540216RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY84782RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY13910062TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY14204588TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY6672039TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY6881783TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY7238023NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY7322805NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission DescriptionRURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL POWER AND SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH EASTERN PORTION OF MONTANA.MissionDescription
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Significant Change0SignificantChange
Expense5700776Expense
Revenue6410243Revenue
DescriptionRURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE SUPPLYING ELECTRICAL POWER AND UTILITIES SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 2,394 MEMBERSDescription
Total Program Service Expense5700776TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C30DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required0ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip1ReportLandBldgEquip
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Report Other Liabilities1ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote1ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt1IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School0School
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More Than5000 K To Individuals0MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required0ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBonds
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Terminated0Terminated
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
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Related Entity0RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership0ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With109628NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
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Employment Tax Returns Filed1EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions0NonDeductibleContributions
Funds To Pay Premiums0FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid0PremiumsPaid
Gross Income From Members6674272GrossIncomeFromMembers
Gross Income Other Sources49477GrossIncomeOtherSources
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members9NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members9NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties0DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs0ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders1MembersOrStockholders
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Decisions Subject To Approval1DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body1Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
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Regular Monitoring Enforcement1RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy0WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy1DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO1CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other1CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon RequestXUponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1CASEY MUNTERBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number4066652830TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1303 S MITCHELLAddressLine1
CityHARDINCity
StateMTState
ZIP Code59034ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorOfficerOfficerReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensation
WILLIAM BREEN
PRESIDENT1.00XX1028900
JAMES HERBEL
VICE PRESIDENT1.00XX934900
EDWARD WATT
SECRETARY-TREASURER1.00XX965900
LILA TAYLOR
DIRECTOR1.00X974900
GARY GRAHAM
DIRECTOR1.00X100000
BRETT NEDENS
DIRECTOR1.00X944900
SHIRLEY SNIVELY
DIRECTOR1.00X924900
JOHN FOWLER
DIRECTOR1.00X934900
RAMONA HOWE
DIRECTOR1.00X934900
CASEY MUNTER
GENERAL MANGER40.00X93335037216
GARY HOWE
CONTROLLER40.00X49667028745
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Total Other Compensation65961TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K0NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K0TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (2 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/CityStateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/StateZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCodeDescription Of ServicesDescriptionOfServicesCompensationCompensation
TITAN ELECTRIC INC
4933 SCENIC ROUTECASPERWY82601PLANT CONSTRUCTION121212
TIMBER LINE CONSTRUCTION INC
PO BOX 1156RAPID CITYSD57709PLANT CONSTRUCTION120939
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K2NumberOfContractorsGT100K

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

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DescriptionREVENUES FROM MEMBERSDescription
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Total Revenue Column6371090TotalRevenueColumn
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue6371090TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column16026TotalRevenueColumn
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Gross Rents GrossRents

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Personal14752Personal

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpenses

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Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

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Exclusion$14,752ExclusionAmount

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DescriptionPATRONAGE CAPITALDescription
Business Code221000BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column23127TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income23127RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue23127TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

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Total Revenue Column6424995TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income6410243RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$14,752ExclusionAmount

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total333239Total
Program Services333239ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total286405Total
Management And General286405ManagementAndGeneral

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Total27335Total
Management And General27335ManagementAndGeneral

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Total27559Total
Management And General27559ManagementAndGeneral

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Total7850Total
Management And General7850ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

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Total899Total
Management And General899ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

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Total4989Total
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Advertising Advertising

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Total2099Total
Management And General2099ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total103485Total
Management And General103485ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

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Total19782Total
Management And General19782ManagementAndGeneral

Interest Interest

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Total291262Total
Program Services291262ProgramServices

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Insurance Insurance

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Total2320Total
Management And General2320ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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PURCHASED POWER29937832993783
DISTRIBUTION MAINTENANC616946616946
DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS337057337057
PROPERTY TAXES1483761414076969

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Total419058Total
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Management And General106894ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Total6340213Total
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Fundraising0Fundraising

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BOY812599BOY
EOY976459EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

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BOY733030BOY
EOY733787EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

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BOY470456BOY
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Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

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BOY217786BOY
EOY252245EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

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BOY22569BOY
EOY21105EOY
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Land Buildings Equipment Basis23495321LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec12187902LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

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BOY11187698BOY
EOY11307419EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

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BOY404528BOY
EOY416346EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

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BOY61396BOY
EOY41564EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY13910062BOY
EOY14204588EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY636172BOY
EOY344295EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

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BOY5848851BOY
EOY5971918EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY187016BOY
EOY565570EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY6672039BOY
EOY6881783EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117XDoNotFollowSFAS117

Cap Stck Trst Prin Current Funds CapStckTrstPrinCurrentFunds

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

Paid In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PaidInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFund

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY101278BOY
EOY154400EOY

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY7136745BOY
EOY7168405EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

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BOY7238023BOY
EOY7322805EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY13910062BOY
EOY14204588EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses84782ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes0ReconcilationOtherChanges
Info In Schedule O Part XIIXInfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting AccrualXMethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited1FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement SeparateXFinancialStatementSeparate
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis72472OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value72472BookValue

Buildings Buildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis591037OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation440973Depreciation
Book Value150064BookValue

Equipment Equipment

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis1220724OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation1186706Depreciation
Book Value34018BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis21611088OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation10560223Depreciation
Book Value11050865BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings11307419TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (6 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
CONSUMER DEPOSITS$201,622
ACCRUED PROPERTY TAXES$74,032
ACCRUED PAYROLL TAXES$1,620
ACCRUED INTEREST$17,290
UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS$89,889
ACCRUED VACATION & BENEFITS$181,117
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts565570TotalOfAmounts
Footnote In Part XIIIXFootnoteInPartXIII
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt6738501TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Revenues313506OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990313506RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal6424995RevenueSubtotal
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form9906424995TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt6006974TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Not Rptd F9900ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal6006974ExpensesSubtotal
Other Expenses Not Included333239OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt333239ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form9906340213TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48:PART X, LINE 2:THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION EXISTING AT DECEMBER 31, 2012.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION RECEIVED FROM MEMBERS FOR PLANT CONSTRUC
PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:BENEFITS PAID TO MEMBERS-CAPITAL CREDIT RETIREMENTS
PART VI-LINE 1E- OTHER PROPERTY- DISTRIBUTION PLANT INCLUDING STATION EQUIPMENT, POLES, WIRES AND METERS TOTALING $17,669,774; TRANSMISSION PLANT $3,328,023 AND CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS TOTALING $613,291.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantiation Required1SubstantiationRequired
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment0SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan0SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement0EquityBasedCompArrangement

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (11 entries)

TitleTitleBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgComp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgsBonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrgBonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgsOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgOther Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgsDeferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrgDeferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgsNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgNontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgsTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgTotal Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgsComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgComp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
WILLIAM BREEN
PRESIDENT1028900000000010289000
JAMES HERBEL
VICE PRESIDENT93490000000009349000
EDWARD WATT
SECRETARY-TREASURER96590000000009659000
LILA TAYLOR
DIRECTOR97490000000009749000
GARY GRAHAM
DIRECTOR10000000000001000000
BRETT NEDENS
DIRECTOR94490000000009449000
SHIRLEY SNIVELY
DIRECTOR92490000000009249000
JOHN FOWLER
DIRECTOR93490000000009349000
RAMONA HOWE
DIRECTOR93490000000009349000
CASEY MUNTER
GENERAL MANGER9333500000193830178330130551000
GARY HOWE
CONTROLLER496670000011096017649078412000

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (8 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6THE COOPERATIVE HAS 2,394 VOTING MEMBERS AT DECEMBER 31, 2012.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7ATHE MEMBERSHIP ELECTS THREE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM AT THE COOPERATIVE ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN MARCH OF EACH YEAR.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7BALL BYLAW CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE APPROVED AN RATIFIED BY THE MEMBERSHIP AT THE COOPERATIVE ANNUAL MEETING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY/TREASURER PRIOR TO ITS FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CALL TRUSTEES MUST DISCLOSE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANY SITUATION OR TRANSACTION ON WHICH THE TRUSTEE IS INVOLVED WHICH VIOLATES, OR COULD APPEAR TO VIOLATE THE INTENT OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. THE BOARD WILL THEN DTERMINE WHTA ACTION , IS ANY, SHOULD BE TAKEN. EACH TRUSTEES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT HIS OR HER ACTIONS AND BEHAVIOR ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS POLICY. THE BOARD PRESIDENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT ALL TRUSTEES ADHERE TO THIS POLICY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15THE COOPERATIVE LINEMEN SALARIES ARE ESTABLISHED BY A SIGNED COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED UNION CONTRACT. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS USES OUTSIDE STUDIES AND GUIDELINES USED BY OTHER MONTANA RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES IN ESTABLISHING THE SALARIES OF THE NON-UNION EMPLOYEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, AND FINANCIAL REPORTS - RUS FORM 7 AND FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE COOPERATIVE HEADQUARTER OFFICE LOCATED IN HARDIN, MONTANA. ALSO ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS IN FEBRUARY THROUGH FIRST CLASS MAIL ATTACHED TO THE ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REQUIRE A FORMAL THREE YEAR ENGAGEMENT LETTER CONTRACT FIXNING THE AUDIT FEES AND PERFORMS OVERSIGHT OVER THE AUDIT. IN ADDITION, THE AUDITOR IS REQUIRED TO FORMALLY PRESENT THE AUDIT AND ANY FINDINGS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ALSO THE AUDITOR UPON REQUEST BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESENTS THE COOPERATIVE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION TO ITS MEMBERSHIP AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN MARCH OF EACH YEAR.