MAY 2023
THE MESSENGER A Publication for North Arkansas Electric Cooperative Members
Members being mailed director election ballots North Arkansas Electric Cooperative (NAEC) will conduct the election for the open system-at-large board of directors seat by mail. Members will receive an envelope with the NAEC logo from Survey & Ballot Systems around the third week of May. The Minnesota company is handling the election and tabulation of votes on behalf of NAEC. Along with the ballot, the envelope will include the 2022 Annual Report, candidate biographies and a prepaid postage return envelope to mail the ballot to Survey & Ballot Systems. Ballots cannot be given to NAEC. They must be mailed to Survey & Ballot Systems and received by June 15 to be considered valid. Members on the nominating committee reviewed résumés of interested people and nominated Heather Knight Loftis of Mountain Home for the systemat-large position. Petitions were due April 21, which was after the newsletter’s print deadline. Results will be published at naeci.com and in the newsletter. The 2023 Annual Meeting will entail only a business session at the co-op’s Salem headquarters at 10 a.m. June 20. Members can watch the meeting live at naeci.com; a recording also will be available online following the meeting.
REPORTING YOUR OUTAGE — Always report outages. NAEC has four ways to reach dispatch:
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NAEC mobile app — Log in, select account with outage, look under “Services.”
NAEC offices will be closed May 29. Personnel will be on call in the event of an outage.
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Outage Viewer — Under Outage Center tab at naeci.com. Click “Report Outage.”
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870-895-3221 — Reaches dispatcher or member service representatives
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844-335-4461 — Automated system finds account by matching phone number on file.