EMPIRE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: EMPIRE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC (EIN 84-6035888)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-07-22
IRS object ID: 201142069349300014
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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)
Timestamp	2011-07-22T18:11:18-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	846035888	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EMPIRE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	EMPI	NameControl
Phone	9705654444	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	801 N Broadway	AddressLine1
Address Line2	PO Box K	AddressLine2
City	Cortez	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	81321	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Mary Thiesing	Name
Title	Accounting Manager	Title
Phone	9705654444	Phone
Date Signed	2011-07-22	DateSigned

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Neal E Stephens	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	801 N Broadway	AddressLine1
Address Line2	PO Box K	AddressLine2
City	Cortez	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	81321	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	54832399	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	www.eea.coop	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1939	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	CO	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Empire Electric Association, Inc. is a non-profit, member owned, electric distribution cooperative doing business in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	7	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	75	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	0	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	-45476	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	0	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	0	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	50416012	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	54641449	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	130212	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	87770	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	4574729	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	103180	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	55120953	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	54832399	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	3097517	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	45862100	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	50403823	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	48959617	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	50403823	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	6161336	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	4428576	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	87952355	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	91518869	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	39796378	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	39743181	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	48155977	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	51775688	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	To safely and responsibly provide reliable electricity based on our core values. Our Core Values are: Safety of public and employees, Environmentally responsible, Locally based, Equitable rates and business practices, Efficient, Ethical, Excellence in Customer Service, and Committed to the 7 Cooperative Principles	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Expense	50403823	Expense
Grants	0	Grants
Revenue	54641449	Revenue
Description	Provide electric energy to customers located within our 3,410 square mile certificated area in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah.	Description
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Of Other Program Service Rev	0	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
Total Program Service Expense	50403823	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	0	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	0	PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	0	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	0	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	1	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	0	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	1	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	1	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	0	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	1	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	0	School
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	0	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	0	Gaming
Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	1	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBonds
Loan To Officer Or DQP	0	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	0	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	0	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	1	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	0	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	0	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	0	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	0	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	0	TransactionRelatedEntity
Activities Conducted Partnership	0	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	15	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	1	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	75	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	1	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	0	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	0	NonDeductibleContributions
Gross Income From Members	55238064	GrossIncomeFromMembers
Gross Income Other Sources	573571	GrossIncomeOtherSources
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	7	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	0	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	0	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	1	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	1	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	0	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	1	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	1	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	0	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	1	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	1	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	1	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	1	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	1	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	1	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Neal E Stephens	NamePerson
Telephone Number	9705654444	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	801 N Broadway	AddressLine1
City	Cortez	City
State	CO	State
ZIP Code	81321	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
William C Bauer
President	16	X	X	17714	0	0
David W Sitton
Vice President	4	X	X	14714	0	0
James W Lawrence
Secretary/Treasurer	8	X	X	16364	0	0
John Porter
Board Member	10	X		16964	0	0
Jerry Fetterman
Board Member	10	X		1574	0	13290
Sue Mc Williams
Board Member	16	X		17014	0	0
William Mollenkopf OD
Board Member	16	X		16664	0	0
Neal E Stephens
General Manager	46		X	173790	0	36286	X	X
Scott Ehmke
Operations Manager	44		X	111915	0	28758	X	X
Mary Thiesing
Accounting Manager	49		X	97285	0	19713	X
Glen Noble
Engineering Manager	41			107869	0	33083		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	591867	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	131130	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	3	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	1	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (4 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
RIO GRANDE POWERLINE CONST LLC
PO BOX 1289	Cortez	CO	81321	Line Construction	468268
ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT CO
708 Blair Mill Rd	Willow Grove	PA	190901784	Tree Trimming	388557
LEWIS EXCAVATION INC
31801 Highway 184	Mancos	CO	81328	excavation & conduit for underground lines	159592
TRI-STATE G & T ASSN
PO Box 33695	Denver	CO	80233	Transmission Substation & Line Maintenance	105013

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	4	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Total Contributions	0	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome	ExclusionExclusionAmount
Sales of Electricity	221000	51131039	51131039	$0
Pole Attachements	221000	62536	0	$62,536
Miscellaneous Fees	221000	235619	235619	$0
Capital Credits	221000	3212255	3212255	$0

Total Oth Program Service Revenue TotalOthProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	54641449	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	52983	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	-45476	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$98,459	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	1500	Real
Personal	0	Personal

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	0	Real
Personal	0	Personal

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	1500	Real
Personal	0	Personal

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1500	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1500	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	0	Securities
Other	34787	Other

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	0	Securities
Other	0	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	0	Securities
Other	34787	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	34787	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	34787	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	0	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	0	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Gaming	0	GrossIncomeGaming
Gaming Direct Expenses	0	GamingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	0	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	0	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Other Revenue	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	101680	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	101680	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	101680	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	54832399	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	54716880	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	-45476	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$160,995	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1605426	Total
Program Services	1605426	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1848120	Total
Program Services	1848120	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total
Program Services	0	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
Cost of Purchased Power	38427268	38427268
Operating expenses - transmission	405817	405817
Operating expenses - distribution	2603089	2603089
Maintenance of distribution plant	1497108	1497108
Customer Accounting, Collection, & Other Expenses	1765099	1765099

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2251896	Total
Program Services	2251896	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	50403823	Total
Program Services	50403823	ProgramServices
Management And General	0	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	203661	BOY
EOY	342941	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2882681	BOY
EOY	2006061	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4298927	BOY
EOY	3893045	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	535875	BOY
EOY	624461	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	78933	BOY
EOY	320944	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	70301652	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	24185938	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	43916841	BOY
EOY	46115714	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3487851	BOY
EOY	3616680	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	31910117	BOY
EOY	34146041	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	439210	BOY
EOY	439210	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	198259	BOY
EOY	13772	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	87952355	BOY
EOY	91518869	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5359593	BOY
EOY	5867892	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	31147290	BOY
EOY	30664340	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3289495	BOY
EOY	3210949	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	39796378	BOY
EOY	39743181	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Do Not Follow SFAS117	X	DoNotFollowSFAS117

Cap Stck Trst Prin Current Funds CapStckTrstPrinCurrentFunds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Paid In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PaidInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFund

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Retained Earnings Endowment Etc RetainedEarningsEndowmentEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	48155977	BOY
EOY	51775688	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	48155977	BOY
EOY	51775688	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	87952355	BOY
EOY	91518869	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	4428576	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-808865	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	1	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	1	FSAudited
Audit Committee	1	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	560034	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	560034	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	4205690	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	2096134	Depreciation
Book Value	2109556	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	0	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	0	Depreciation
Book Value	0	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	6679189	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	3091255	Depreciation
Book Value	3587934	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis	58856739	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	18998549	Depreciation
Book Value	39858190	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	46115714	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Book ValueBookValue	Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation
Capital Credits In Assoc. Organizations	33674087	C
Dolores Water Conservancy District	12800	C
Deferred Compensation	459154	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Program Related	34146041	TotalOfBookValueProgramRelated
Federal Income Tax Liability	0	FederalIncomeTaxLiability

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (6 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
Post Retirement Benefits	$1,841,141
Deferred Compensation	$459,155
Consumer Deposits	$447,848
Refundable Construction Advance	$129,955
Deferred Property Tax	$252,153
Miscellaneous	$80,697

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	3210949	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	54832399	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	50403823	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	4428576	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	0	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Donated Services And Facilities	0	DonatedServicesAndFacilities
Investment Expenses	0	InvestmentExpenses
Prior Period Adjustments	0	PriorPeriodAdjustments
Other	$0	OtherAmount
Total Adjustments	0	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	4428576	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	54832399	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	0	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	0	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Recoveries Of Prior Year Grants	0	RecoveriesOfPriorYearGrants
Other Revenues	0	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	0	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	54832399	RevenueSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included	0	InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded
Other Revenues Not Included	0	OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	54832399	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	50403823	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	0	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Prior Year Adjustments	0	PriorYearAdjustments
Losses Reported	0	LossesReported
Other Expenses Included	0	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	0	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	50403823	ExpensesSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included2	0	InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded2
Other Expenses Not Included	0	OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	0	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	50403823	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	0	EquityBasedCompArrangement

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Neal E Stephens	NamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org	173790	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Comp Based On Related Orgs	0	CompBasedOnRelatedOrgs
Bonus Filing Org	0	BonusFilingOrg
Bonus Related Orgs	0	BonusRelatedOrgs
Other Compensation Filing Org	0	OtherCompensationFilingOrg
Other Compensation Related Orgs	0	OtherCompensationRelatedOrgs
Deferred Comp Filing Org	0	DeferredCompFilingOrg
Deferred Comp Related Orgs	0	DeferredCompRelatedOrgs
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	36286	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Related Orgs	0	NontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs
Total Compensation Filing Org	210076	TotalCompensationFilingOrg
Total Compensation Related Orgs	0	TotalCompensationRelatedOrgs
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	203095	CompReportPrior990FilingOrg

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV (5 entries)

RelationshipRelationship	Amount Of TransactionAmountOfTransaction	Description Of TransactionDescriptionOfTransaction	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenues
Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association
common director - Williamm Mollenkopf	38425904	Aggregate annual purchases of power	0
Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association
common board member - William Mollenkopf	105013	Aggregate annual charges for transmission maintenance and regulatory compiance.	0
Western United Electric Supply
Common Director - Sue McWilliams	688623	Aggregate annual purchase of materials and supplies used in business operation.	0
Colorado Rural Electric Association
Common Board Member - John Porter	204170	Aggegate annual payment for Loss Control services, Dues, Monthly member magazine publication, and printing of annual report.	0
FastTrack Communications Inc
common board member - William Bauer	190000	Additional purchase of preferred stock	0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0A_L06	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6	Empire Electric Association, Inc. is a member owned electric distribution cooperative.
F990_P06_S0A_L07a	Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a	The service territory of Empire Electric Association, Inc. is divided into seven districts. Each district is represented by one board member. Each member of the cooperative is entitled to vote for all open board of director seats either by mail or at the cooperative's annual meeting. Directors are elected for a term of four years.
F990_P06_S0B_L11a	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11a	A copy of the 990 was circulated to the board of directors prior to their July meeting. At the July 22, 2011 meeting, the 990 was reviewed with the board and any questions regarding the document were answered. The board approved the filing of the 990 at this same meeting.
F990_P06_S0B_L12c	Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	Annually the board of directors and the cooperative's senior managment complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement. The disclosure statement provides the name, address, affiliation, and type of business for the organizations that have a business relationship with the cooperative and the individual completing the disclosure statement. This policy is also reviewed annually with all employees at the cooperative annual all employee meeting.
F990_P06_S0C_L19	Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	Annual financials statements are mailed to each member of the cooperative prior to the cooperative's annual meeting. These statements also include a copy of the Independent Auditor's Report. Board minutes and a list of current board members is publised on our website. Board policies, monthly financial statements, written communications to member's as a group, corporate reports delivered to the state of Colorado or Utah, general information about hiring practicies and salary ranges, general information on capital credits, and information provided to the cooperative as a shareholder or member of an affiliated organization is avialable to any member upon request. Articles of incorporation, bylaws, list of board committes and members serving on those committees, publised tariffs, and published rules and regulations are available to the general public upon request. The general public may request information available to members by submitting a request to the board of directors.
F990_P11_S00_L05	Form 990, Part XI, Line 5	Retirement of capital credits