Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. is a member system owned wholesale electric supply cooperative providing electric energy and related services to 10 electric distribution cooperatives. Central Montana operates as a not-for-profit business governed by a 10 member Board of Trustees with one representative from each of the member rural electric cooperative systems. In the spirit of western cooperation, the members of Central Montana came together to collectively secure affordable wholesale electric energy and related services to meet the needs of the member/owners they serve. Central Montana is truly a success story of courageous people who concluded that their need for affordable wholesale electric energy would best be served if they were to aggregate their requirements and strengthen their purchasing power and market presence. The distribution cooperative member systems of Central Montana provide approximately 200,000 rural Montanans with affordable electric energy and related services at competitive, locally regulated rates. The member systems of Central Montana have extensive transmission and distribution facilities that range from Cut Bank to Ashland, and from Dillon to Opheim. This cooperative network delivers cost based electric energy and related services to approximately 60% of the geographic area of Montana. Central Montana, headquartered in Great Falls, has electric supply and transmission capacity/services contracts with the Bonneville Power Administration, Western Area Power Administration, Basin Electric Power Cooperative and the Montana Power Company. The combined average system peak of the member systems is approximately 200 megawatts with average annual energy sales in excess of 900 million kilowatt hours. The cooperative principles, under which Central Montana was formed in 1960, remain the foundation upon which we operate. Montanans working together for the mutual benefit of their friends and neighbors clearly focused on the following objectives: - To provide the member systems we serve with affordable, dependable and quality electric energy and related service at cost consistent with sound business principles. · To facilitate the prudent use of electric energy in a fashion that improves the overall quality of life in rural Montana, preserving the interests and values embraced by our member systems and the customers they serve. · To promote the conscientious and environmentally sound use of Montana's natural resources in concert with an adequate supply of affordable electric energy and related goods and services. Central Montana is dedicated to the fundamental principle of cost based electric energy and related services. Affordable electric energy is essential to the economic viability of our member systems in an ever-changing business environment. As the electric utility industry restructures, the member systems of Central Montana will rely on their access to cost based electric energy to strategically position themselves in the competitive marketplace. Our success can be measured in our commitment to excellence and the contributions we make to the quality of life in this great place we are blessed to call home.