NAEC to hold annual membership meeting Thursday, CEO discusses rate increase

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The North Arkansas Electric Cooperative (NAEC) annual membership meeting will be held Thursday morning at 10:00 at the Salem Civic Center at the Fulton County Fairgrounds. The meeting is open to co-op members and their significant others.

At the meeting, CEO Mel Coleman, and each department head, will update members on the co-op and NEXT, the winner of the Izard County director election will be announced, they will discuss proposals submitted by the board members and go over any new business.

Coleman says the recent rate increase has been a hot topic on social media and this meeting will give the co-op a chance to update members with all of the information.


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Coleman says the increase took effect on the bills that went out May 1, but there was some wrong figures shared on social media.


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Coleman says unfortunately, the future for electric bills does not look good.


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To watch the NAEC meeting live Thursday, visit naeci.com.

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