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Attention Members: Capital credit payments issued in 2022 must be claimed by December 28, 2026. Any payments not claimed by this deadline will expire, and the unclaimed funds will be returned to the cooperative.
Please review the list below to determine if you have an unclaimed payment.
Capital Credits
What are Capital Credits?
Our members share in the benefits of being part of a cooperative. Unlike investor-owned utilities that return profits to shareholders, electric cooperatives allocate excess revenue, called margins, to members as capital credits based on the amount they paid for electric service during the year.
Example:
- Annual electric bills: $2,400
- Margin percentage: 1%
- Capital credits allocated: $24
Capital credits are allocated to members' accounts annually and may be retired (paid) to members as approved by the Board of Directors.
Capital Credits Retirement
- 1985 allocation: 67.1% retired
- 2005 allocation: 13.9% retired
In 2026, The Energy Cooperative returned $667,162 in capital credits to members.
Expiring Capital Credits
The capital credit retirements listed below were issued over four years ago and remain unclaimed. Pursuant to the Cooperative’s Code of Regulations, the capital credit retirements listed below must be claimed within 60 days of the date this notice is posted (October 28, 2026). After 60 days, any unclaimed payments will expire. Expired funds will be contributed to the Cooperative.
Missing Your Capital Credits?
Check to see if your name is on our unclaimed Capital Credit list.
If you find your name, please give us a call. We've attempted to send you a capital credits check and want to be sure you get it! This is your share of the cooperative's margins while you were a member.
