Cooperative Energy A Mississippi Electric Cooperative
Revenue
$1.02bn
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.02bn
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$2.33bn
$1.85bn liabilities
Net assets
$474.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
28
5.8y av
Staff
572
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
2
7% of the board
Officers and senior staff
21
named in Part VII
Cooperative Energy A Mississippi Electric Cooperative's network
28 people16 organisationsi28 people and 16 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (28). Violet dotted lines (34) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
28 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 24 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 28 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Hughey | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Bryan Thomas | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Carl Fuller | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Chris Rhodes | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Danny Wilks | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| David O'Bryan | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Douglas Mooney | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Harold Pittman | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Harry Howarth | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Howard O Davis (also filed as Howard Davis) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Joel Cunningham | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Keith Hurt | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Kevin Bonds | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Leslie Holloway | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Louis Thompson | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Matthew Ware | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Michael Neely | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Mike Tyner | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Randy Smith | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Randy Woolley | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Richard Dossett | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Richard Thoms | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Robert Smith | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Robert Steele | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Ronald G Barnes (also filed as Ron Barnes, Ronald Barnes) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Teri Eaton | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Timothy Perkins (also filed as TIM Perkins) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| William Darrell Smith (also filed as William Smith) | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
21 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Brad Edwards | Vice President/ Power Prod | since 2018 |
| Brad Wolfe | Sr Vice President/Power del | since 2018 |
| Brandon Sanders | Plant Superintendent | since 2022 |
| Chris Rhodes | Sr Vice Prsident/Admin | since 2019 |
| Christa Bishop | Sr Vice President/Cco | since 2019 |
| Don Hinton | Vice President- General Counsel | since 2020 |
| Gary Hutson | Vice President/ Power Supp | since 2018 |
| James Compton | President/CEO | 2018 |
| James Evans | Sr Vice President/Power de | since 2023 |
| Jeff Bowman | Sr Vice President/CEO | since 2018 |
| Jeff Brown | Plant Superintendent | since 2023 |
| Jim Compton Retired | President/CEO | 2019 |
| Kevin Grace | Sr. Vice President/ CFO | since 2022 |
| Mark Dodd | VP Information Systems | since 2022 |
| Mark Smith | Sr Vice President Power Generation | since 2020 |
| Nathan Brown | Sr. Vice President/ COO | since 2018 |
| Raymond Haley | Sr Vice President/CFO | 2018 |
| Samuel H Farris III | Plant Superintendent | 2018 |
| Steve McElhaney | Sr Vice President/Complian | since 2018 |
| Terry Lee | Executive Vice President | 2018 |
| Thomas Hall | Sr. Vice President/ CFO | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Bowman | President/CEO | 55 | $1.1m | $258k | |
| Gary Hutson | Sr Vice President/COO | 50 | $381k | $108k | |
| Christa Bishop | Sr Vice President/Cco | 50 | $359k | $106k | |
| Mark Smith | Sr Vice President Power Ge | 48 | $354k | $172k | |
| Kevin Grace | Sr. Vice President/ CFO | 44 | $340k | $125k | |
| Don Hinton | Sr Vice President/Cco | 45 | $336k | $93k | |
| James Evans | Sr Vice President/Power de | 45 | $306k | $233k | |
| Brandon Sanders | Plant Superintendent | 43 | $228k | $58k | |
| Mark Dodd | VP Information Systems | 42 | $223k | $88k | |
| Jeff Brown | Plant Superintendent | 50 | $219k | $70k | |
| Kevin Bonds | Director | 4.2 | $40k | ||
| Richard Thoms | Director | 2.25 | $39k | ||
| William Smith | Director | 8.3 | $37k | ||
| Mike Tyner | Director | 4.69 | $36k | ||
| Louis Thompson | Director | 1.98 | $35k | ||
| Ronald Barnes | Director | 2.37 | $35k | ||
| Harry Howarth | Director | 1.56 | $34k | ||
| Bryan Thomas | Director | 1.74 | $34k | ||
| Joel Cunningham | Director | 2.18 | $34k | ||
| Randy Woolley | Director | 1.89 | $33k | ||
| Danny Wilks | Director | 2.15 | $33k | ||
| Carl Fuller | Director | 2.26 | $33k | ||
| Teri Eaton | Director | 1.45 | $33k | ||
| Keith Hurt | Director | 5.31 | $33k | ||
| Michael Neely | Director | 4.36 | $33k | ||
| Robert Smith | Director | 1.94 | $32k | ||
| Chris Rhodes | Director | 0.7 | $32k | ||
| Randy Smith | Director | 1.78 | $32k | ||
| Brian Hughey | Director | 2.49 | $32k | ||
| Matthew Ware | Director | 1.77 | $31k | ||
| Harold Pittman | Director | 2.11 | $24k | ||
| Leslie Holloway | Director | 2.05 | $18k | ||
| Douglas Mooney | Director | 2.35 | $18k | ||
| Robert Steele | Director | 0.65 | $17k | ||
| Richard Dossett | Director | 1.38 | $17k | ||
| Howard Davis | Director | 1.39 | $15k | ||
| David O'bryan | Director | 2.73 | $12k | ||
| Timothy Perkins | Director | 0.88 | $2k |
About
- Legal name
- Cooperative Energy A Mississippi Electric Cooperative
- EIN
- 640367992
- Address
- Po Box 15849, Hattiesburg, MS, 39404-5849
- State
- Mississippi
- Mission
- Provide and transmit through generation and purchase of electricity, wholesale electricity to 11 member owned cooperatives, each serving retail consumers. (as filed on the Form 990)
- IRS classification
- 501(c)12 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1941
- Principal officer
- Jeff Bowman (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 February 1968
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsBrian Hughey
≥8years on the filingsDavid O'Bryan
≥8years on the filingsHoward O Davis
≥8years on the filingsJoel Cunningham
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $2.33bn
- Total liabilities
- $1.85bn
- Net assets or fund balances
- $474.9m
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1.02bn
- Grants and similar paid out
- $169k
- Employees
- 572
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.02bn | $1.02bn | $0 |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
7 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Scott County Board of Supervisors | Economic development | $50k |
| Pike County Economic Development | Economic development | $31k |
| Pearl River County | Economic development | $25k |
| Sipcam Agro Solutions | Economic development | $25k |
| Greene County Board of Supervisors | Economic development | $15k |
| Marion County Development Partnership | Economic development | $13k |
| Greenwood Leflore Economic Development | Economc development | $10k |