Organization:
Covington Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Type of document:
Board of Trustees meeting minutes
Meeting date:
December 15, 2025
Meeting time:
2:30 p.m.
Location:
Sanford, Alabama, United States
Chairman:
Willie B. Smith
Chief Executive Officer:
Mark Parker
Vice-President of Finance and Member Relations:
Kim Carter
General Counsel:
Earl V. Johnson
Board members present:
William G. King, Jr.; Patricia Janasky; Charles Grace; Willie B. Smith; James F. Martin, III; Jenelle Smith
Subject:
Governance, financial reports, operational activity, and cooperative administration
Reporting period:
October–November 2025
Key topics:
safety report, financial statements, capital credits, economic development loans, PayGo payments, Buzz Broadband accounts, operations and maintenance activity, right-of-way clearing, membership changes, infrastructure work orders, power outages
Operational statistics:
41 services added; 33 services retired; 24 poles replaced; 1,170 service orders completed; 119 construction work-orders completed; 62 power outages reported
Membership changes:
128 new members; 186 inactive members
Uncollectible accounts (electric service):
$102,051.33 in 628 accounts
Uncollectible accounts (Buzz Broadband):
$97,075.27 in 274 accounts
Infrastructure activity:
30 miles of right-of-way cleared; 311 dead trees removed
Broadband service statistics:
8,726 connected Buzz subscribers; 775 residential phone accounts
Additional service area statistics:
102 business and 4 residential subscriber accounts in Andalusia; 61 business phone accounts
Related entities referenced:
Covington Rural Services, Corp.
Upcoming events:
Nominating Committee meeting January 6, 2026; Annual Members Meeting April 2, 2026; NRECA Annual Meeting March 7–11, 2026
Attached materials:
financial reports, operations reports, engineering and maintenance reports
