NORTH STAR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
NORTH STAR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED (EIN 41-0449191)
Tax period
2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed
2012-06-26
IRS object ID
201231789349300238
Schema version
2011v1.2
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2012-06-26T15:57:32-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2011-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN450250958EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1EIDE BAILLY LLPBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14310 17TH AVE S PO BOX 2545AddressLine1
CityFARGOCity
StateNDState
ZIP Code581082545ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN410449191EIN

Name Name

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Business Name Line1NORTH STAR ELECTRIC COOPBusinessNameLine1
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Name ControlNORTNameControl
Phone2186342202Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1441 STATE HWY 172 NWAddressLine1
CityBAUDETTECity
StateMNState
ZIP Code566230719ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameSteve ArnesenName
TitleBoard PresidentTitle
Phone2186342202Phone
Date Signed2012-06-06DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameLISA CHAFFEE CPAName
PTINP00193453PTIN
Phone7012398500Phone
Date Prepared2012-06-06DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
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Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonDan HoskinsNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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State Legal DomicileMNStateLegalDomicile
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Nbr Voting Members Governing Body7NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
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Total Nbr Employees30TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers0TotalNbrVolunteers
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY13212635NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission DescriptionThe mission of North Star Electric Cooperative is to improve the lives of our member-owners and community by responsibly providing electric energy and other beneficial services while maintaining the very highest standard of performance.MissionDescription
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Significant Change0SignificantChange
DescriptionTo provide electric and utility service to 5,319 members under the guidance of the Rural Utility Service Division of the USDA.Description
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Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
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Nbr Voting Governing Body Members7NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
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Members Or Stockholders1MembersOrStockholders
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Name PersonAnn EllisNamePerson
Telephone Number2186342202TelephoneNumber

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Address Line1441 State Hwy 172 NWAddressLine1
CityBaudetteCity
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ZIP Code56623ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (9 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorOfficerOfficerReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensation
Steve Arneson
President10.00XX1250000
Bruce Polkinghorne
Vice President8.00XX515000
Michael Hanson
Secretary-Treasurer9.00XX885000
Julian Brzoznowski
Director11.00X800000
Lorraine Nygaard
Director9.00X850000
Michael Trueman
Director5.00X700000
Randall Bergan
Director5.00X662500
Dan Hoskins
General Manager40.00X1366910114663
Ann Ellis
Finance Manager40.00X88747042134
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Formers Listed0FormersListed
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Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (2 entries)

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Lake States Construction
25172 Commercial DriveGrand RapidsMN55744Construction212512
Central Applicators
PO Box 279FoleyMN56329ROW Spraying139759
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Number Of Contractors GT100 K2NumberOfContractorsGT100K

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionBusiness CodeBusinessCodeTotal Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnRelated Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Electric sales2210001311326813113268
Capital credits2210003931339313
Miscellaneous900099-3026-3026
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Total Program Service Revenue13149555TotalProgramServiceRevenue

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Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

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Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

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Total386750Total

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Interest Interest

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Total962717Total

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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Cost of Power7703546
Distribution Expense1275830
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Customer Expense & Sale576891

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Total-2288744Total

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Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited0FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

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Book Value55183BookValue

Buildings Buildings

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Other Cost Or Other Basis3145473OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation828889Depreciation
Book Value2316584BookValue

Equipment Equipment

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Depreciation12898672Depreciation
Book Value21095373BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

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Book Value763969BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated (2 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionBook ValueBookValueMethod Of ValuationMethodOfValuation
Investments in Associated Companies1434281C
Other Investments10915C
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Program Related1445196TotalOfBookValueProgramRelated

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
Member Deposits$77,213
Retiree Health Insurance Liability$165,022
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts242235TotalOfAmounts

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

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

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonDan HoskinsNamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org134477BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Comp Based On Related Orgs0CompBasedOnRelatedOrgs
Bonus Filing Org0BonusFilingOrg
Bonus Related Orgs0BonusRelatedOrgs
Other Compensation Filing Org2214OtherCompensationFilingOrg
Other Compensation Related Orgs0OtherCompensationRelatedOrgs
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Deferred Comp Related Orgs0DeferredCompRelatedOrgs
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org21260NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Related Orgs0NontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs
Total Compensation Filing Org254558TotalCompensationFilingOrg
Total Compensation Related Orgs0TotalCompensationRelatedOrgs
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org0CompReportPrior990FilingOrg
Comp Report Prior990 Related Orgs0CompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII

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IdentifierSupplemental InformationIdentifier
Return ReferencePart IIIReturnReference
ExplanationForm 990, Schedule J, Part II, Column C, Compensation Of Officers, Directors, Key Employees, Highest Compensated Employees And Independent Contractors: included in column "c" , deferred compensation, is the estimated annual increase in the actuarial value of the defined benefit plan. The estimated increase for Dan Hoskins is $89,012. This amount is an estimate in the increase of the value of the plan and is not current year expenses of the cooperative. The current year expense for this defined benefit plan was $35,209.Explanation

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonSteve EllisNamePerson
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RelationshipSpouse of NSEC Finance ManagerRelationship
Amount Of Transaction115760AmountOfTransaction
Description Of TransactionWages & BenefitsDescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues0SharingOfRevenues

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (12 entries)

ExplanationExplanationReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceIdentifierIdentifier
Form 990, Part IV, Line 12, Audited Financials: Although the Cooperative did not have an audit for the calendar year ended December 31, 2011, it did have an audit performed by an independent accountant for the period from August 1, 2010 through July 31, 2011. The audit period was chosen in order to reduce the cost of the audit, as it was not performed during peak season for the audit firm. The Cooperative is scheduled to have an independent audit performed for the period August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2012.
The Cooperative has voting members. Each member has one vote.Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6
The Cooperative is divided into 7 districts. Each district is represented by one board member. Members can only vote for board members within their district.Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a
Changes to the Cooperative's by-laws must be approved by the Cooperative's members. The directors are limited by the by-laws as to decisions relating to the sale of the Cooperative, mergers and other significant transactions.Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b
The Cooperative did not have any committees with the authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors.Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b
The Finance Manager and General Manager reviewed the Form 990 prior to presenting the Form 990 to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors reviewed and approved the Form 990 at the June 2012 board meeting.Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11
The Cooperative expects Directors or employees who have conflicts of interest to disclose them immediately as they occur. Due care is taken to avoid unethical behavior and ensure honesty and accountability. The responsibility for the review and determination of board conflicts rests with the Board President. The responsibility for the review and determination of employees' conflicts rests with the General Manager. All members are required to abstain from voting on any situation that may arise.Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c
NRECA data is gathered by the Board of Directors. The General Manager salary will be within the average range of the data - not highest and not lowest. The Board approves the General Manager salary. Minutes are kept of the board meeting deliberations. This annual process last took place in July 2011. The General Manager reviews the performance evaluation of the Finance Manager. This process was last performed in 2011.Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a
The Cooperative's bylaws are distributed to all new members. Financial statements are shared with members at the annual meeting. Monthly board meeting minute summaries are reported in the Cooperative's newsletter each month. The Cooperative's code of conduct is available upon request.Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19
Form 990, Part IX, Line 4: The Cooperative has interpreted the instructions to Part IX, Line 4, to mean patronage capital allocated for the year, rather than patronage capital retired. This is consistent with the Bylaws of the Cooperative.
Form 990, Part IX, Statement Of Functional Expenses, Line 24e: The labor, pension and payroll taxes reported on lines 5-10 are already included in distribution expense, administrative & general expense and customer expense. Therefore, these amounts are being subtracted out as an other deduction on line 24e in the amount of $(2,288,744).
Retirements of Capital Credits -619,156. Changes in Membership -55. Donated Capital/USDA Grant 360,000. Donated Capital Changes 30,590. Patronage Capital Allocated 901,859. Rounding 2. Total to Form 990, Part XI, Line 5: 673,240.Form 990, Part XI, line 5:Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances:

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1North Star Electric Cooperative Community TrustBusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO Box 719AddressLine1
CityBaudetteCity
StateMNState
ZIP Code56623ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN204992283EIN
Primary ActivitiesDonations for Charitable and Educational PurposesPrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile StateMNLegalDomicileState
Exempt Code Section501(C)(3)ExemptCodeSection
Public Charity Status7PublicCharityStatus

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1North Star Electric CooperativeBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Controlled Org1ControlledOrg
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties0ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org0SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org0PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets0ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs1PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities0SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees0SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org0ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org0ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org1OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org0OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

Transactions Related Orgs Table TransactionsRelatedOrgsTable (2 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeMethod Of Amt DeterminationMethodOfAmtDetermination
North Star Electric Cooperative Community Trust
KGeneral Ledger
North Star Electric Cooperative Community Trust
QGeneral Ledger

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