Co-ops studying merger
The boards of Clay-Union Electric in Vermillion and Southeastern Electric in Marion are studying the idea.
Clay-Union Manager Paul Roberts says if the boards endorse a merger it would go to a vote of members in both co-ops, probably in late 2009.
Clay-Union has about 3,100 customers. Southeastern has about 13,000.
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Jodi Mitchell is with Inside Passage Electric Cooperative, which is working on the Gunnuk Creek hydroelectric project for Kake. IPEC is a non-profit, she said, with the goal of reducing electric rates for its members.
The Gunnuk Creek project will be built at an existing dam.
“The benefits for the project will be, of course, renewable energy for Kake. And we estimate it will save about 6.2 million…
