MISSOULA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
MISSOULA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC (EIN 81-0168065)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-04-15
IRS object ID
201311069349300606
Schema version
2012v2.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp2013-04-15T16:35:22-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

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EIN810386935EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1SUMMERS MCNEA & CO PCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

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Address Line180 25TH STREET WESTAddressLine1
CityBILLINGSCity
StateMTState
ZIP Code591024662ZIPCode
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Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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EIN810168065EIN

Name Name

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Business Name Line1MISSOULA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCBusinessNameLine1
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Name ControlMISSNameControl
Phone4065414433Phone

US Address USAddress

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Address Line11700 WEST BROADWAYAddressLine1
CityMISSOULACity
StateMTState
ZIP Code598022099ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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NameTHOMAS ALSAKERName
TitleSECRETARY/TREASURERTitle
Phone4065414433Phone
Date Signed2013-04-05DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

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NameRICHARD A MATUSIAKName
PTINP00524085PTIN
Phone4066522320Phone
Date Prepared2013-04-05DatePrepared
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Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-25 16:41:14ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Name Of Principal Officer PersonMARK HAYDENNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

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Address Line11700 WEST BROADWAYAddressLine1
CityMISSOULACity
StateMTState
ZIP Code598082016ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts20717434GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501cXOrganization501c
Web SiteWWW.MISSOULAELECTRIC.COMWebSite
Type Of Organization CorporationXTypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation1937YearFormation
State Legal DomicileMTStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionMISSOULA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., OPERATES AS AN ELECTRICAL UTILITY ON A NON-PROFIT COOPERATIVE BASIS BY PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER TO ITS MEMBERS LOCATED IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF MONTANA IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS SECTION 501 (C) (12)ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body7NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
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Total Nbr Employees52TotalNbrEmployees
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Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income770504NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Significant Change0SignificantChange
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Revenue20657904Revenue
DescriptionCOOPERATIVE RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES ARE RELATED TO PROVIDING TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION ELECTRCIAL POWER AND SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 11,477 MEMBERS AND PATRONS LOCATED IN WESTERN MONTANA.Description
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Described In501 C30DescribedIn501C3
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Number Forms Transmitted With109648NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
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Employment Tax Returns Filed1EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income1UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed1Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions0NonDeductibleContributions
Funds To Pay Premiums0FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid0PremiumsPaid
Gross Income From Members19338496GrossIncomeFromMembers
Gross Income Other Sources1231354GrossIncomeOtherSources
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VIXInfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members7NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
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Written Policy Or Procedure1WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
Upon RequestXUponRequest

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Business Name Line1DEBBIE GAFFNEYBusinessNameLine1
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Address Line11700 WEST BROADWAYAddressLine1
CityMISSOULACity
StateMTState
ZIP Code598082016ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (10 entries)

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RAY CEBULSKI
DIRECTOR6.00X2364700
TERRY HOKE
PRESIDENT8.00X2637600X
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DIRECTOR6.00X2099400
DOUGLAS BARDWELL
DIRECTOR5.00X2168400
THOMAS ALSAKER
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CHARLES R DRINVILLE
VICE PRESIDENT3.00X1947600X
SUSAN TRAEN
DIRECTOR4.00X1854000
DEBBIE GAFFNEY
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER40.0095309051450X
MARK HAYDEN
GENERAL MANAGER40.00163620076259X
HARRY LAFRINIERE
DIRECTOR2.00424800X
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Number Individuals GT100 K1NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed1FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K1TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (2 entries)

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONTRACTORS INC
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RML INCORPORATED
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Number Of Contractors GT100 K2NumberOfContractorsGT100K

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Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

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Advertising Advertising

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Information Technology InformationTechnology

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Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

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Interest Interest

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Insurance Insurance

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Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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BOY0BOY
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BOY21289506BOY
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Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited1FSAudited

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Financial Statement ConsolidatedXFinancialStatementConsolidated
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

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Other Cost Or Other Basis1713094OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value1713094BookValue

Buildings Buildings

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Other Cost Or Other Basis1413049OtherCostOrOtherBasis
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Book Value623775BookValue

Equipment Equipment

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Depreciation3501015Depreciation
Book Value1002477BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

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Other Cost Or Other Basis70044422OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation24942712Depreciation
Book Value45101710BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Closely Held Equity Interests CloselyHeldEquityInterests

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Book Value2919085BookValue
Method Of ValuationCMethodOfValuation
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Securities2919085TotalOfBookValueSecurities

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (5 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
CUSTOMER DEPOSITS$217,919
CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION$6,077
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES$833,366
DEFERRED COMPENSATION$12,908
CONSUMER ENERGY PREPAYMENT$123,468
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Total Of Amounts1193738TotalOfAmounts
Footnote In Part XIIIXFootnoteInPartXIII
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt21179380TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Revenues461946OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990461946RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal20717434RevenueSubtotal
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form99020717434TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt17892501TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Not Rptd F9900ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal17892501ExpensesSubtotal
Other Expenses Not Included681130OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt681130ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form99018573631TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48:PART X, LINE 2:THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS EXISTING AT DECEMBER 31, 2012.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:CONTRIBUTIONS IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION RECEIVED FROM MEMBERS FOR PLANT CONSTRUCTION
PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:CAPITAL CREDIT PAID TO MEMBERS
PART VI-LINE 1E-OTHER PROPERTY- INCLUDES INTANGIBLE PLANT SWITCHYARD TOTALING $2,127,325; TRANSMISSION PLANT OF POLES, WIRE, AND STATION EQUIPMENT TOTALING $5,413,629; DISTRIBUTION PLANT OF POLES, WIRE, STATION EQUIPMENT, METERS AND TRANSFORMERS TOTALING $61,468,874; AND CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS TOTALING $1,034,594.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

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Substantiation Required1SubstantiationRequired
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee ApprovalXBoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment0SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan0SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement0EquityBasedCompArrangement

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (10 entries)

TitleTitleBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgComp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgsBonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrgBonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgsOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgOther Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgsDeferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrgDeferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgsNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgNontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgsTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgTotal Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgsComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgComp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
RAY CEBULSKI
DIRECTOR2364700000000023647000
TERRY HOKE
PRESIDENT2637600000000026376000
SHARON JACOBSEN
DIRECTOR2099400000000020994000
DOUGLAS BARDWELL
DIRECTOR2168400000000021684000
THOMAS ALSAKER
SECRETARY/TREASURER2196000000000021960000
CHARLES R DRINVILLE
VICE PRESIDENT1947600000000019476000
SUSAN TRAEN
DIRECTOR1854000000000018540000
DEBBIE GAFFNEY
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER9530900000311400203100146759000
MARK HAYDEN
GENERAL MANAGER16362000000574550188040239879000
HARRY LAFRINIERE
DIRECTOR42480000000004248000

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (8 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6THE COOPEATIVE HAS 11,477 ELIGIBLE VOTING MEMBERS AT DECEMBER 31, 2012.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7ATHE MEMBERSHIP ELECTS TWO OR THREE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM AT THE COOPERATIVE ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN MARCH OF EACH YEAR.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7BALL BYLAW CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE APPROVED AND RATIFIED BY THE MEMBERSHIP AT THE COOPERATIVE ANNUAL MEETING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OR AN APPOINTED COMMITTEE AND SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY/TREASURER PRIOR TO ITS FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CALL TRUSTEES MUST DISCLOSE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANY SITUATION OR TRANSACTION ON WHICH THE TRUSTEE IS INVOLVED WHICH VIOLATES, OR COULD APPEAR TO VIOLATE THE INTENT OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. THE BOARD WILL THEN DETERMINE WHAT ACTION, IF ANY, SHOULD BE TAKEN. EACH TRUSTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT HIS OR HER ACTIONS AND BEHAVIOR ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS POLICY. THE BOARD PRESIDENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT ALL TRUSTEES ADHERE OF THIS POLICY; HOWEVER, ANY TRUSTEE MAY BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD ANY PERCEIVED VIOLATION OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA) AND MONTANA STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION - MONTANA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (MECA) PERFORMS AN ANNUAL SALARY SURVEY BY JOB CLASSIFICATION. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAKES USE OF THESE SALARY SURVEYS FROM NRECA AND MECA TO DETERMINE THE SALARY GUIDELINES FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER SALARY. THE GENERAL MANAGER USES THESE SALARY SURVEYS TO DETERMINE THE RANGE OF SALARIES FOR THE EXEMPT, NON-UNION POSITIONS. THE COOPERATIVE LINEMEN SALARIES ARE ESTABLISHED BY A SIGNED COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED UNION CONTRACT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, AND FINANCIAL REPORTS - RUS FORM 7 AND FORM 990 - ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE COOPERATIVE HEADQUARTER OFFICE. ALSO BYLAWS AND HANDBOOKS ARE GIVEN TO EVERY NEW MEMBER. ALSO THE COOPERATIVE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION IS DISCLOSED ANNUALLY TO ITS MEMBERSHIP WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REQUIRES A FORMAL THREE YEAR ENGAGEMENT LETTER CONTRACT FIXING THE ANNUAL AUDIT FEE AND HAS A BOARD OF DIRECTOR AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT PERFORMS OVERSIGHT OVER THE AUDIT. IN ADDITION, THE AUDITOR IS REQUIRED TO FORMALLY PRESENT THE AUDIT AND ANY FINDINGS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ALSO THE AUDITOR IS REQUIRED TO PRESENT THE COOPERATIVE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION TO ITS MEMBERSHIP AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN MARCH OF EACH YEAR.

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Transaction TypeATransactionType
Amount Involved6516AmountInvolved
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