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DECEMBER 2018
Contents
Vol. 53 • No.12 4 Keeping Current
Editor
News from across
Peter A. Fitzgerald the Commonwealth
Senior Editor/Writer
Katherine Hackleman 6 E nergy Matters
Electrify your holiday gift list
Associate Editor
Michael T. Crawford
8 feature: changing trains
Layout & Design Railroads connect past, power
W. Douglas Shirk local economies 8
production coordinator
Michelle M. Smith 12 Time Lines
Contributing Columnists Your newsmagazine
James Dulley through the years
Janette Hess
George Weigel
12a Cooperative
Penn Lines (USPS 929-700), the newsmagazine Connection
of Pennsylvania’s electric cooperatives, is published Information and advice from
monthly by the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Associa- your local electric cooperative
tion, 212 Locust Street, P.O. Box 1266, Harrisburg,
PA 17108-1266. Penn Lines helps 166,000 house-
holds of co-op consumer-members understand issues 14 COUNTRY KITCHEN 14
that affect the electric cooperative program, their local ‘Who’s bringing the green beans?’
co-ops, and their quality of life. Electric co-ops are not-
for-profit, consumer-owned, locally directed, and tax-
paying electric utilities. Penn Lines is not responsible 15 S mart circuits
for unsolicited manuscripts. The opinions expressed Select efficient, insulated garage
in Penn Lines do not necessarily reflect those of the door for savings, comfort,
editors, the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association, or
local electric distribution cooperatives. appearance
Subscriptions: Electric co-op members, $5.42 per
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20 Classifieds
22 Punch Lines
Birds aren’t the only ones singing
‘Cheap, cheap’ 23
23 R ural Reflections
Board officers and staff, Pennsylvania Rural Electric Let it snow, let it snow …
Association: Chairman, Leroy Walls; Vice Chairman,
Tim Burkett; Secretary, Barbara Miller; Treasurer,
Rick Shope; President & CEO, Frank M. Betley
© 2018 Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association. ON THE COVER
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keepingcurrent
News from across the Commonwealth
Center for Rural PA needs the Department of Community and Clearfield, Crawford, Fayette, Greene,
your help to document need Economic Development, the program’s Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Mifflin,
for broadband goal is to support innovative practices Venango and Washington. In addition,
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania that will increase access to treatment there are 15 eligible urban counties.
is sponsoring a research study, “Broad- and support for individuals with OUD Information about the state’s efforts
band Availability and Access in Rural and help prevent overdose-related to battle the opioid crisis can be found
Pennsylvania,” designed to analyze deaths. at pa.gov/guides/opioid-epidemic.
and assess broadband availability in This is the first project launched as
the state. part of a $56 million grant from the PGC prints wild birds,
In order to get the best data available, Substance Abuse and Mental Health wildlife calendars
the Center for Rural Pennsylvania is Services Administration. Other initia- In an effort to raise funds for wildlife
asking state residents to participate tives that will be included in later proj- conservation among residents who
in the research by taking a broadband ects focus on expanding services to usually don’t contribute to wildlife’s
speed test before Dec. 31. To partici- pregnant women and veterans affected wellbeing, the Pennsylvania Game
pate, log on to broadbandtest.us and by OUD, developing the treatment and Commission is offering both a wild
follow the instructions. By taking the recovery workforce, and strengthening birds and a wildlife calendar for 2019.
broadband speed test, residents can criminal justice and law enforcement The calendars are 10½ by 13 inches,
help document the current prevalence initiatives with a focus on re-entrant and each month features a color pho-
of high-speed, fixed broadband services supports. tograph of a wild bird or mammal.
across Pennsylvania. The 15 rural counties that are eligi- To purchase calendars, go online to
Test results will help Pennsylvania ble locations for pilot programs under theoutdoorshop.state.pa.us or a Penn-
State University researchers to measure this initiative include: Armstrong, sylvania Game Commission regional
actual internet speeds. The test will Blair, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, office. l
also provide participants with informa-
tion about their broadband connection.
READER RESPONSE
State announces new Dear Editor,
housing initiative for those Your November issue of Penn Lines is a real keeper for a num-
with opioid use disorder ber of reasons.
First, the Quilts of Valor Program that recognizes and honors
Governor Tom Wolf recently an-
veterans made a patriotic quilt that covered my father’s bed in
nounced a new $15 million program
his nursing home for years and now it covers my bed as well.
that will fund a minimum of eight Thankfully, the names of its makers were written in the corner so
pilot projects designed to help Penn- I could track down one and personally thank her for her time and
sylvanians with opioid use disorder effort.
(OUD) to become and remain engaged The quilt is a remarkable and symbolic gift, and thanks to your article’s author, I learned
in evidence-based treatment inter- the shapes, colors and sizes of the pieces represent all of us who support veterans, the
ventions, provide them with support batting provides the warmth, comfort and healing that the recipient may find, and the back
services to maintain housing stability, of the quilt represents the strength of the recipient and his support system.
and provide pre-tenancy and tenancy Now I appreciate my father’s Quilt of Valor even more. …
education services. So thanks, dear Penn Lines, for featuring people and causes that your readers know of
and care about. Such coverage demonstrates the integral part of life that our electric co-op
Developed by the state depart-
plays in Pennsylvania and in Adams County. Further proof is Paul Wesslund’s article on the
ments of Drug and Alcohol Programs
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s mission to hire military veterans and fur-
(DDAP) and Human Services (DHS), ther serve them in their “Veterans in Energy” program. Kudos to all.
in partnership with the Pennsylvania Kathy Megyeri, Fairfield, Pa. (Adams Electric Cooperative)
Housing and Finance Agency and
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Electrify your holiday gift list
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lectricity doesn’t just have to For health. Smart watches and
light up your tree this Christ- wrist bands keep track of how far you
mas; it can also power your hol- walk each day. A wide range of power
iday gift list. scooters are available for fun or for
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Electric gadgets can cook, entertain, supplement the motor, so you can get
help with chores and improve your a bit of exercise.
health, says Brian Sloboda, a program For the home. Amazon’s Alexa and
and product manager at the National Echo, as well as other smart speakers,
Rural Electric Cooperative Association are getting popular, but Sloboda says
(NRECA). He has a couple of tips they’re not being used to their full
before you begin to shop: potential yet. Companies are working
Don’t always buy the cheapest. on addressing privacy concerns —
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charges can be limited, giving just a rity questions would open up uses like
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FORMER GLORY: A restored 1942 Conrail
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outside of Adams EC member Tom Newhart’s
home in Littlestown, Pa. Newhart, a retired
railroad employee, restored the caboose to its
original Pennsylvania Railroad form.
Changing trains
Railroads connect past, power local economies
R
ailroads run a path through By Michael T. Crawford on subsidies to break even.
the nation’s history. Along with Associate Editor That’s not to say that passenger trains
freight and passengers, they are going away anytime soon, or that
have hauled much of a growing coun- the early 1830s — when those locomo- they don’t pull their weight in terms
try’s hopes and dreams. Railroads tie tives began moving along the rails — is of economic impact. According to the
us to our past — while still connecting considered to be the start of the railroad Pennsylvania Department of Transpor-
people and powering local economies. in the United States as an actual in- tation (PennDOT), passenger trains
dustry. Proposals for steam locomotive made more than 1.7 million trips in
The exact age of the railroad industry railways in Pennsylvania began as early Pennsylvania in 2017. Amtrak esti-
in Pennsylvania depends on how as 1829, starting from the southeast mates it carried more than 6.5 million
specific a definition of “railroad” some- corner of the Commonwealth and riders in Pennsylvania, via 120 trains a
one’s operating on. Gravity railroads sprawling outward. day, and the company contributed more
— rails running down slopes on the As companies laid down rails, haul- than $220 million to the state in goods
power of gravity alone — existed as far ing freight was the ticket to turning a and services.
back as the French and Indian War. But profit. As the rails stretched farther and
whether it’s just carts rolling downhill, steam locomotives became more com- Past glory
railcars dragged by literal horsepower monplace, hauling people found a place Though no longer hauling passengers
or the iconic steam locomotive pulling in the industry. But outside of using the or freight, steam locomotives — re-
tons of freight and passengers, railroads same rails, freight and passenger trains placed by models with internal com-
have played a critical role in shaping have long operated on two entirely dif- bustion engines or those run entirely
the growth of the Commonwealth. ferent business models. Whereas haul- upon electricity — remain prominently
Somewhere between the late 1820s ing freight was usually enough to make featured at numerous railroad-themed
— when railroad companies chartered a company viable, passenger trains tourist attractions.
railways for steam locomotives — and often depended — and still depend — Steam into History, a nonprofit
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resurgence, but the railroad building and shaky financing set off a
industry faced increasing series of bank failures — known as the
competition. The ever-ex- Panic of 1893 — leading to one-quarter
panding interstate highway of U.S. railroads — representing over
system brought pressure 40,000 miles — failing by mid-1894.
from a booming trucking “They (railroads) were relatively
industry, and eventually the small in size and length — maybe
rise of airplanes began to cut only 800 to 1,500 miles for a given
in on the railroad’s passen- railroad company — and of course the
CABOOSE COMEBACK: A line of decommissioned Conrail ger transportation. railroad industry is a highly capital-in-
cabooses sit on a scrap dealer’s track. Tom Newhart, owner “The freight that rail- tensive industry — not only the land,
of Newhart’s Iron Horse Inn, purchased the front caboose and
spent five years restoring it.
roads always had a lock on, but the ties, the rail, the track, bridg-
now all of a sudden there es, buildings, and signals,” explains
excursion railroad in New Freedom, was this massive, beautiful highway Newhart, now the owner/operator
Pa., features a replica steam locomotive system,” says Newhart. “Really, by the of the Newhart’s Iron Horse Inn in
(with some additional, modern safety time I started in the 1970s, the rail- Littlestown, Pa. “Then you get into
features) built exactly like the one that roads knew, ‘We’ve got to figure out the equipment — the locomotives, the
pulled President Abraham Lincoln’s how to compete here.’ That really kind freight cars, etc.”
train to Gettysburg. In fact, it even rides of started the piggyback intermodal The industry’s intensive capital re-
the same rails that Lincoln rode on his service where you put a truck trailer quirements on short-distance railroads
way to deliver the Gettysburg Address. on a flat car; you get the long distance crammed into tight spaces usually meant
“Every part of that (train) — from the railroads can provide … unload the few direct routes between major ship-
the cow catcher, the color of paint, trailer and truck it right to the custom- ping yards, meaning numerous — and
lettering on it, the cab itself where the er. That’s probably 25 percent of all often indirect — lines of rail zig-zagging
engineer sits — it looks exactly like railroad business these days.” across the country at great cost to the
it would have looked in the 1860s,” individual railroad companies.
says Sharon Dorn, CEO of Steam into Industry changes “To ship a car from Philadelphia to
History. “Many people grew up with Arguably, however, the industry may Chicago, one railroad might haul it to
that type of train; it evokes memories, have had a hand in its own hardships. Ohio, then interchange it to another
creates memories. ... A lot of older la- By 1880, the United States had 17,800 railroad, which might have to inter-
dies say, ‘I remember when my husband freight locomotives carrying 23,600 change it to a third railroad to get to
got on a steam train when he was going tons of freight, and 22,200 passenger Chicago, which was all time, money,
off to war.’ It’s hard to explain how a locomotives. But in 1893, railroad over- and effort,” says Newhart.
hunk of steel and brass and iron can
evoke such passionate emotion … but
it does.”
Perhaps the man to ask is Tom Ne-
whart, an Adams Electric Cooperative
member whose love of the railroad led
him to restore a caboose for display
outside his home. After purchasing the
rusted husk of a 1942 Conrail caboose
from a scrap dealer, he spent nearly five
years bringing it back to life.
“It’s my railroad caboose museum,”
boasts Newhart, who retired from the
railroad industry as the assistant vice
president of coal operation for Norfolk
Southern Corp. “It served three rail-
roads in its 75-year life.”
Coincidentally, Newhart’s caboose
was built around the time the railroad
industry started to see a decline. As COAL TRAIN: Railcars belonging to CSX Transportation are ready to be loaded with coal from Corsa
World War II came to a close, many Coal’s Cambria Branch Plant in Berlin, Pa. Corsa Coal estimates it will have shipped up to 825,000
industries witnessed an economic tons of coal via train by the end of 2018.
| DECE M B E R 2018 9
ber. In Pennsylvania, Norfolk South-
ern Corp. spends approximately $66
million annually on infrastructure in
Pennsylvania, in addition to paying
approximately $306 million annually to
its Pennsylvania employees. Its tracks
connect to 48 other short line railroads
throughout the Commonwealth.
To keep those lines moving — as
well as the industries that rely on them
— the Commonwealth provides two
grants via the Rail Transportation As-
sistance Program (RTAP) and the Rail
Freight Assistance Program (RFAP).
Administered by the Bureau of Rail
Freight, the two programs provide fi-
nancial assistance for investment in rail
freight infrastructure, either to preserve
essential rail freight service or stimulate
economic development through new or
expanded rail freight service.
In March, the State Transportation
Commission voted to approve $32
million for 27 rail freight improvement
projects through the RTAP and RFAP.
Of those projects, eight involve railways
moving through Pennsylvania electric
cooperative service territory in Cam-
bria, Clearfield, Crawford, Erie, Fayette,
ROLLING OUT: Coal leaves Corsa Coal’s Shade Branch Plant on Norfolk Southern Corp. railcars. Coal Indiana, Jefferson and Somerset coun-
accounts for about 24 percent of freight moved from Pennsylvania by Norfolk Southern, which spends
approximately $938 million annually on purchases, payments and taxes within the Commonwealth. ties. The combined projects amount
to more than $10 million worth of
Larger railroad companies with more which became Conrail, then we merged improvements and expansions.
rail lines that went directly from one with Norfolk Southern and then I Among the projects within coop-
major destination point to another retired from Norfolk Southern,” says erative service territory, Corsa Coal,
provided a faster, more efficient way of Newhart. “When a merger comes along, whose recently opened Acosta Deep
handling the freight, so over time rail- it’s a little tough to fathom in the begin- Mine rests on Somerset Rural Electric
roads consolidated, Newhart added. ning, but then you understand the new Cooperative lines, was approved for a
Name changes, mergers and buy- company you’re with and you’re proud $345,861 grant to rehabilitate 10 miles
outs became fairly common across the of that company.” of track from the CSX interchange to its
industry as it struggled to stabilize and Cambria Branch Plant in Berlin. Curt
remain profitable. By 1906, approxi- Vital link Mears, manager of coal preparations at
mately two-thirds of all railroads had Despite the ups, downs and merg- Corsa Coal, estimates Corsa will have
been consolidated under seven parent ers in between, the rail industry still shipped up to 825,000 tons of coal by
companies. Today, while small outfits has a strong presence throughout the the end of 2018.
still serve different parts of the country, Commonwealth. Pennsylvania has “We basically live and die by the
four major companies control the lion’s 64 operating railroads, more than any railroad,” Mears says. “Without it, I
share of the industry in the United other state, and roughly 5,600 miles of don’t think economically we’d be able
States — Norfolk Southern Corp. and freight lines, according to PennDOT. to be competitive. My guess is that in
CSX Transportation (CSX) along the And even with tractor trailers lining 2019, we’ll ship somewhere around a
East Coast, and BNSF Railway Co. the interstate, many industries still owe million tons on the CSX line to various
and Union Pacific Railroad Co. west their survival to the railroad. customers domestically and globally.
of the Mississippi River, according to For example, CSX hauled more It’s extremely important for us to make
Newhart. than 17,000 carloads of coal across the sure that the line is intact … and in
“I started out with Penn Central, country in a single week in Novem- good working order.” l
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Your Newsmagazine Through the Years
1978
2008
Pennsylvania’s rural
electric cooperatives
share local stories in
a collection of arti-
cles from across the
Commonwealth.
1998
In its Christmas
issue, Penn Lines
profiles a smorgas-
bord of bed and
breakfast establish-
ments in cooperative
territories.
I
n an era of escalating costs and declining supplies of fossil
fuels, low-head hydroelectricity’s non-existent fuel costs 1988
and renewable energy supply represent the most significant The U.S. Congress
factors in a growing revival of hydroelectric projects. considers enacting
It would be 10 years before the Raystown Hydroelectric legislation to control
pollution believed to
Project began producing power, but in 1978, Allegheny Electric be the cause of acid
Cooperative, Inc. (Allegheny) officials were already studying the rain.
possibility of development of small dam locations, including the
Raystown Dam in Huntingdon County.
This year, the Raystown Hydroelectric Project celebrated 30
years of delivering electricity. The 21-megawatt plant, which
began operations in June 1988 on the Raystown Branch of the
Juniata River, is operated by Allegheny in close cooperation
with the Baltimore District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1968
Allegheny is the wholesale supplier of electricity to 13 electric PREA President
cooperatives in Pennsylvania and one in New Jersey. Clair J. Allshouse
The plant, which was the first Pennsylvania hydroelectric crowns Sharon Rae
plant to be certified as a Low-Impact Hydroelectric Facility, his- Lewis, Northwest-
ern Rural Electric
torically contributes about 3 percent of the annual power supply
Cooperative, as Miss
needs for Pennsylvania and New Jersey electric cooperatives. Pennsylvania Rural
Electrification.
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REA Energy
Guest Column
Cooperative, Inc.
REA
ENERGY
A look back at 2018
By Stacy Patterson-Hilliard, CCC,
One of 14 electric cooperatives
serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Communications & Marketing Supervisor
As 2018 draws to a close, we stop and Sept. 20, at the Kovalchick Conven-
reflect on events of the past year. This tion Complex, Indiana, Pa. In Dis-
was a very productive year for REA trict 7, incumbent Anthony Enciso
Energy, one full of many accomplish- and in District 8, incumbent Wayne
ments. Let’s take a look back at the Farabaugh both ran unopposed and
Chad Carrick past 12 months at your cooperative. were declared re-elected for their
President & CEO k System Upgrades/Maintenance respective districts. In District 9
REA Energy Cooperative, Inc. – In addition to regular work, the elections, Sandra Dill was elected
75 Airport Road • P.O. Box 70 cooperative completed grade work over Richard Knapko. In the special
Indiana, PA 15701-0070
724-349-4800 • 800-211-5667
around our Kenwood Substation. election for District 4, incumbent
k New Members – From November Terndrup was elected over Thomas
Ebensburg District Office
127 Municipal Road 2017 through October 2018, 772 Aurandt. Officers for the board of
Ebensburg, PA 15931 new members joined the coopera- directors for 2018-2019 will be:
814-472-8570 tive. Michael Bertolino, chairman; Wayne
Website: www.reaenergy.com
Email: reaenergy@reaenergy.com k New Employees – Two new em- Farabaugh, vice chairman; and Rob-
ployees joined the ranks of your ert Neese, secretary/treasurer. Neese
Staff
Barry Baker cooperative in 2018. Santana Olp, remained the Allegheny director as
Indiana Operations Manager member services representative, part of a two-year term and Rick
Erin Bauer works out of our Indiana Headquar- Shope was elected as the PREA
ACRE Coordinator
Shane Cribbs ters Office. William Lewis, journey- director.
Network & Systems Manager man lineman, works at our Ebens- k REA Energy Services – REA Energy
Dave Daugherty burg District Office. Services, our for-profit subsidiary,
Safety & Right of Way Manager
Jeff Dishong k Director Appointment – As a result had another great year in 2018. We
Ebensburg Operations Supervisor of a vacancy in Board District 4, continued to sell and install genera-
Lisa Gardill Howard Terndrup was appointed tors, electrical services and heating,
Accounting & Finance Manager
Stacy Patterson-Hilliard, CCC in March 2018 to represent the ventilation, and air conditioning
Communications & Marketing Supervisor members in that district. In a spe- products (HVAC). All profits flow
Local Pages Editor cial election held in September to back from the subsidiary to the
Chris Masterson
Reliability Supervisor serve out the balance of the term, cooperative, which reduces costs
Patrick McAndrew Terndrup was elected to continue and helps keep rates low. In 2018,
Manager of Engineering serving the members. REA Energy Services maintained
Bryon Roland
Purchasing & Facilities Manager k Area Meetings – Two area meetings Elite Status for Fujitsu sales and
Brendan Short were held in May for members in installations, offering a 12-year war-
Right-of-Way/Forestry Supervisor Districts 7, 8 and 9. Nearly 425 ranty. In 2018, REA Energy Services
Renee Spalla
Supervisor of Consumer Services members attended the meetings continued to expand on its compa-
Chris Weller held at the Kovalchick Complex in ny website, www.reaservices.com.
Load Management Supervisor Indiana and the Carrolltown Fire Thank you from the board, man-
Outages & Emergencies Hall in Carrolltown. agement, and employees for all your
1-800-332-7273
724-463-7273 k Annual Meeting – This year’s 81st support through the last 81 years and
Office Hours
annual meeting was held Thursday, for the years to come! l
Indiana Office: 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Ebensburg Office:
7 - 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
| DECE M B E R 2018 12area energy cooperative, inc
Being a cooperative member pays Escheats funds can be utilized in
three areas: member assistance,
By Stacy Patterson-Hilliard, CCC member’s share of the cooperative’s community projects and education/
Communications Coordinator margins and ownership of the co-op. It scholarships.
is used as working capital to maintain k There is a difference between “allo-
Did you know that you own REA the system until the board of directors cated” and “retired” capital credits.
Energy Cooperative, Inc.? A coop- authorizes a retirement. These retire- Allocated capital credits are the
erative is described as a business ments can only be made when they amounts assigned to each member
governed by members who use its ser- will not impair the operations of REA who was billed for service during a
vices. Democratically controlled and Energy. year in which margins were earned;
operated on an at-cost, not-for-profit When allocated, the patronage cap- these amounts are retained until the
basis, a cooperative from time to time ital will go to each membership based retirement of a certain year. When
may return excess revenue, called mar- on the amount of revenue provided by these capital credits are retired, REA
gins, to members based on patronage. the member after deducting the cost will then issue refunds.
As a member-owner, you are entitled of generation and transmission service k REA Energy follows a first-in, first-
to these margins when financial con- and transition costs. Upon request, out practice when retiring capital
ditions are favorable. These are known a member will be provided with the credits. This is a method of retiring
as capital credits. details of the capital that has been capital credits where the earliest
credited to his/her account and the credits are retired first. For example,
What are capital credits? balance of such account. your neighbor may receive a refund
A cooperative’s capital credits are Some things to remember: when you do not because they were
defined as: “Margins assigned to k A member’s earned capital credits a member prior to and during the
cooperative members each year based are reserved for them even if they year that the capital credits are be-
on their purchases (in the case of elec- discontinue REA services. When ing refunded for. l
tric cooperatives, electricity) from the refunds are issued,
cooperative. Used by the cooperative we will attempt to
as working capital for a period of time, reach you at your last
then paid to individual members, capi- known address. It is
tal credits should not be confused with important for REA to
profits, which are a return on capital.” always have a current
A cooperative does not earn profits address.
in the sense that other businesses do. k If a member is de-
Instead, any margins, or revenues ceased when refunds
remaining after all expenses have been are issued, the monies
paid, are returned from time to time to will belong to their
the members in proportion to their use estate. The Capital
of the co-op’s services through capital Credits may be paid
credits allocations and retirements. to the Executor/Exec-
The size and timing of any refund utrix. There are forms
that a member may receive depends on that REA Energy may
financial conditions. First, REA Energy need to have com-
must make a margin (when the cooper- pleted and returned
ative takes in more money than it needs to the cooperative
to operate). Next, the board of directors before any distribu-
has to decide if REA Energy is financial- tions will be made.
ly sound enough to refund a portion or Per Pennsylvania law,
percentage of outstanding capital cred- if both the member
its, and determines that percentage. and their executor are
The books of REA Energy are set up deceased, the monies
and kept in a manner that at the end of are escheated to the
each fiscal year the amount of capital, if cooperative. After a
any, furnished by each member is clear- waiting period, these
funds are returned operating costs: Capital items, such as the construction and
ly reflected and credited in an appropri-
maintenance that must be completed on electric lines, are part of
ate record to their capital account. to the cooperative the operating costs that must be taken into account when looking
Capital credits represent each as Escheats funds. at margins.
12b | DECE M B E R 2018REA Energy Co-op Connections discount list
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Happy Holidays from all of us at
REA Energy Cooperative, Inc.
Right-of-way management news REA Energy’s Ebensburg District
REA Energy contractors will be completing tree-trimming work in the following areas office will close at 11 a.m. and
in December: the Indiana Headquarters Office
k Contractor crews from Penn Line Tree Service will be trimming the rights-of-way will close at noon on Monday,
of the Indiana North, Parkwood and Uniontown Substation areas, in addition to
Dec. 24, 2018, in observance of
emergency maintenance areas.
Notification of work will be made to members in the areas affected. Contractors will the Christmas holiday. Both of-
perform all right-of-way work per REA Energy specifications. All crews will carry cards fices will reopen on Wednesday,
and have magnets on their vehicles identifying them as REA Energy contractors. Dec. 26, 2018, at 7 a.m.
If you have any questions, call 724-349-4800, or you can view the specifications Both offices will be closed on
online at: www.reaenergy.com.
Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Please call
724-463-7273 or 800-332-7273
In the spirit of the holiday season, the cooperative will give members an to report any power outages. Pay-
LED bulb (up to four) for each nonperishable canned food item a mem- ments can be placed in the drop
ber brings into the cooperative. We will be accepting the donations until box at both locations or made
Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. The canned good items will then be donated to online using the Member Portal
local charities in the Indiana and Ebensburg areas. at www.reaenergy.com.
Your Board of Directors
Michael J. Bertolino Wayne Farabaugh Robert P. Neese Sandra Dill Sam Eckenrod Anthony Enciso Howard Terndrup John R. Learn J.R. “Rick” Shope
Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary/Treasurer District 9 District 1 District 7 District 4 District 6 District 2
District 3 District 8 District 5
REA Energy is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
12d | DECE M B E R 2018countrykitchen
‘Who’s bringing the green beans?’
By Janette Hess
O
nce a staple of holiday meals, green bean casserole definitely has fallen out
of favor with foodies. Yes, it’s a rich, savory comfort food, but the green A trained journalist, Janette Hess
focuses her writing on interest-
beans — usually canned — always take a back seat to the soup-based ing people and interesting foods.
sauce and the French-fried onions. Green beans deserve better, and this month’s She is a Master Food Volunteer
recipes will help cooks step up their holiday green bean game. with her local extension service
and enjoys collecting, testing
Unlike strongly-flavored vegetables such as broccoli, asparagus and Brussels and sharing recipes.
sprouts, green beans have universal appeal at the holiday table. Eaters of all ages
seem to appreciate well-prepared green beans.
Created with green beans and red bell peppers, Christmas Bean Bundles can add plenty of color to any holiday table. Roasted
Green Beans with Garlic and Lemon make a brightly-flavored holiday offering, while Holiday Baked Beans are an attention-grab-
bing combination of green beans, soy sauce, brown sugar and peanuts. l
Christmas Bean Bundles Bring 8 cups water to rolling boil in large pot. Add 1
teaspoon salt. Add beans and cook 5 minutes. Drain and
8 cups water 2 tablespoons butter, immediately plunge beans into bowl of ice water. Set
1 teaspoon salt melted
aside. Remove seeds and membranes from pepper. Slice
1 pound fresh green 1 teaspoon garlic salt into thin strips. When beans are cool, drain and divide
beans, trimmed 1/2 teaspoon smoked into 8 bundles. Divide peppers among bundles. In large
1 red bell pepper paprika
skillet, fry bacon over medium heat until just cooked
8 slices traditional-cut 3 tablespoons packed
light brown sugar through but still limp, turning once. Drain on paper
(thin) bacon
towels. Reserve 2 tablespoons drippings. (If short on
drippings, use extra butter to make 2 tablespoons.) Place
bean bundles on large, rimmed, foil-lined baking sheet.
Wrap each bundle with bacon. Fasten with toothpick or,
if bacon is long enough, tie loosely. Combine drippings,
melted butter, garlic salt and smoked paprika; drizzle
over beans. Sprinkle each bundle with brown sugar.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until bacon
is done. Use tongs to transfer bundles to serving platter.
Pour pan drippings over beans. Makes 8 servings.
Roasted Green Beans with Place beans on large, rimmed, foil-lined baking sheet.
Combine garlic and olive oil. Pour over beans and toss
Garlic and Lemon well. Spread beans out in single layer and season gener-
1 pound fresh green 1 tablespoon fresh ously with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper. Roast
beans, trimmed lemon juice at 450 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes, turning at least
2 or 3 cloves garlic, 2 teaspoons fresh lemon twice. Remove from oven when beans are tender-crisp
minced zest and very lightly browned. Transfer beans to serving
3 tablespoons olive oil 1/4 teaspoon Dijon bowl. Combine lemon juice, lemon zest and mustard.
Kosher salt to taste mustard Toss with beans and add additional salt and pepper, if
Freshly ground pepper desired. Makes 6 servings.
to taste
Holiday Baked Beans Place frozen beans in 9- by 13-inch baking dish.
Dot beans with small pieces of butter. Drizzle with
2 12-ounce packages 1/2 teaspoon garlic soy sauce and sprinkle with brown sugar and garlic
frozen cut green powder powder. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
beans 3 tablespoons creamy Uncover and stir. Cover and return to oven. Bake to de-
3 tablespoons lower- peanut butter sired doneness, up to 30 more minutes. Remove from
sodium soy sauce 1/4 cup finely chopped, oven and immediately stir in peanut butter. Sprinkle
3 tablespoons butter lightly salted dry- with peanuts and add dash of crushed red pepper, if
1/4 cup light brown roasted peanuts
desired. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
sugar Crushed red pepper, if
desired
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