Over 1,700 members and guests attended this year’s Sioux Valley Energy Annual Meeting held on June 11. The meeting format was the same as last year, providing members with the option to attend closer to home with three different venue choices of Brandon, Volga, or Pipestone. Last year’s meeting was the first time in the Co-op’s history that we hosted the Annual Meeting in multiple locations. The reason for that change was to make it easier for members to attend the meeting as we have a very large service territory. It seemed to have worked because attendance increased both in 2023 and 2024.
Serving Our Members. Always. Annual Meeting Brings in 1,700
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Tim McCarthy
Sioux Valley Energy
General Manager/
Chief Executive Officer
One of the cooperative principles is democratic member control and because Sioux Valley Energy is a cooperative, that value is embedded into our bylaws. Your Cooperative bylaws require District Meetings to elect directors and an Annual Meeting to hold a business session where bylaws are adopted and/ or changed when needed. We did not have any proposed bylaw additions or changes, but our directors provided reports to the membership.
This year’s Annual Meeting theme centered around teamwork. The Sioux Valley Energy mission of Serving Our Members. Always., includes providing reliable, cost-based electricity to our membership.
We strive to be in the top quartile of reliability nationwide, and we’ve been able to accomplish that because of teamwork between the Board of Directors, Strategic Leadership Team, and employees.