Category Archives: Manager’s Message

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CEO’s Message — June 2020

Nominations for Board of Directors to Open Nominations for four seats on the Wells Rural Electric Co. Board of Directors open Monday, June 8. Director seats subject to election are held by incumbents Gerald (Jerry) Anderson, Lois Nannini, Bruce Widmer, and Kirk Dahl. Nominations must be made on the 2020 Board of Directors Election Nomination […]

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CEO’s Message — May 2020

Taking Care of Our Community Metropolis wasn’t always a ghost town. At its peak in 1912, Metropolis boasted 700 residents, a brick high school, a railroad depot, and the finest hotel between Salt Lake City and Reno. Eleanor Hasenkamp Holland was a schoolteacher who left behind a wonderful collection of photographs detailing life in that […]

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CEO’s Message — April 2020

Together, We Shall Overcome For more than 60 years, Wells Rural Electric Co. has taken pride in fulfilling our mission to provide safe, reliable, affordable and carbon-free electricity to our members. As our lives and society have changed immeasurably in that time, I’m constantly reminded that here, in rural Nevada, we still look out for […]

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CEO’s Message — March 2020

$883 Billion Is a Lot of Money Census data helped 55 federal agencies decide where to spend $883,094,826,042 in 2016. That same year, Nevada received $6,219,293,623, which funded federal programs including education, rural health care, housing, transportation, Community Development Block Grants, adoption assistance and many, many more. For comparison, total state tax collections in 2016 […]

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CEO’s Message — February 2020

Smart Management. Smart Life. SmartHub. Life is fast and sometimes hectic, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. Managing your electricity usage and account with Wells Rural Electric Co.’s SmartHub app is easy. You may have heard about SmartHub—our innovative tool for account management. SmartHub can help you take control of your WREC account like […]

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CEO’s Message — August 2019

Defending Reliable Electricity Billboards along Interstate 80 urge homeowners to create “defensible space” to reduce the risk of losing their home to fire. Simply put, defensible space means managing flammable materials to prevent the spread of fire. Defensible space is an important concept not only in fire safety but in other situations. Your electric cooperative, […]