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A Journey to Zero Contacts STEC along with hundreds of electric cooperatives across the country have made the Commitment to Zero Contacts since its initial launch. The commit- ment provides cooperatives with tools to make progress to prevent serious injuries and fatalities in the form of electrical contacts. From senior leadership to linemen in the field, the initiative has the potential to change the culture and reduce the risk of serious incidents. One initiative STEC incorporates is conducting job briefings. The job briefing process provides employees with a proactive and effective means of preventing near misses and injuries that could take place in the field. INSIDE THIS ISSUE » A Journey to Zero Contacts » Managers Message » Board of Director News » Human Resources » Accounting & Finance » Corporate & Member Services » Power Delivery » Power Supply » Committee Meetings Employee Standing Committee Scholarship Committee Safety Committee » Upcoming Meetings Mission Statement South Texas Electric Cooperatives mission is to provide the infrastructure and services to deliver reliable and economical electric power to a diversified membership. July 2019 Quarterly Newsletter South Texas Electric Cooperative Newsletter “Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.” - Mike Kezar

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  A Journey to Zero Contacts

STEC along with hundreds of electric cooperatives across the country have made the Commitment to Zero Contacts since its initial launch. The commit-ment provides cooperatives with tools to make progress to prevent serious injuries and fatalities in the form of electrical contacts. From senior leadership to linemen in the field, the initiative has the potential to change the culture and reduce the risk of serious incidents. One initiative STEC incorporates is conducting job briefings. The job briefing process provides employees with a proactive and effective means of preventing near misses and injuries that could take place in the field.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

» A Journey to Zero Contacts

» Manager’s Message

» Board of Director News

» Human Resources

» Accounting & Finance

» Corporate & Member Services

» Power Delivery

» Power Supply

» Committee Meetings Employee Standing Committee

Scholarship Committee

Safety Committee

» Upcoming Meetings

  Mission Statement

South Texas Electric Cooperative’s mission is to provide the

infrastructure and services to deliver reliable and economical

electric power to a diversified membership.

July 2019 Quarterly Newsletter

  South Texas Electric Cooperative

Newsletter

 

“Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.” - Mike Kezar

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By Mike Kezar

MANAGER’S MESSAGE

Is it any wonder then, given that we spend the majority of our time at work, that we can struggle when we

retire? Think about it. We have much of our identity at work. We often form social networks with

coworkers. Work provides a routine, a structure, a predictable schedule for our lives. Work is where we

achieve. Whether it is good grades in school, or recognition at work, or promotion, or the completion of a

successful project, work provides us an opportunity to achieve, to realize a sense of accomplishment and

self-worth.

Now think about retirement. The majority of our time that we historically devoted to work is now “free

time”. How we will enjoy retirement then is really about how we fill this newfound time. For years I have

asked the question of individuals who were approaching retirement: What do you plan to do? The answers I

received have varied: from fishing or golfing, to family and travel, to hobbies and volunteering, to just plain

“I don’t know!”.

Unretirement is becoming more common, researchers report. A 2010 analysis by Nicole Maestas, an

economist at Harvard Medical School, found that more than a quarter of retirees later resumed working. A

more recent survey, from RAND Corporation, the nonprofit research firm, published in 2017, found almost

40 percent of workers over 65 had previously, at some point, retired.

It has been my observation that the individuals that enjoy the retirement the most are those who develop a

definite plan well before the day they actually retire. And not just a financial plan, although that is definitely

important. It is also important that we have a plan to feed our souls, to replace potentially lost social

interaction, and to satisfy our need for affirmation and self-worth.

During a recent training session. Leanne King shared some statistics that were startling. One of those

statistics is that 25% of STEC’s workforce is within 10 years of their normal retirement age of 62. With the

potential for reduced benefit early retirement beginning at age 55, a substantial number of STEC employees

have the potential to retire within a very few years.

If you, like me, are quickly approaching retirement, I hope you have developed a plan to enjoy your

well-deserved years after work. If you have some concern about what the retirement years might look like

for you, I encourage you to seek advice and counsel. NRECA provides a service through their Personal

Investment & Retirement Counseling (PIRC) to help you prepare financially for retirement. And there are

certainly other financial advisory services available. But don’t stop at just financial planning. Seriously

spend time preparing for how you will spend your time as well. We will work most of our life with the goal

of reaching retirement. Put some effort into preparing to enjoy retirement to its fullest! You have worked too

hard not to!

On a typical week day, I spend 30% of the day sleeping; at least 50% of

the day getting ready for work, driving to and from work, and actually

working; with no more than 20% of the day left for everything else. I

suspect I am not much different from most working people. We spend

the majority of our time on work related activities, and the least amount

of time on family, recreation, hobbies, church, volunteer activities, and

other activities that feed our souls.

I put my heart and my soul

into my work, and have lost

my mind in the process.

Vincent Van Gogh

Barbara S. Miller

Ron Hughes

Paul T. Brysch, Jr.

Larry Huesser

Bobby Bauch

Brad Bierstedt

James Coleman

Bruce Elliott

Tommy Ermis

Sarah Fisher

John Herrera

Leroy Kaspar

Gary Raybon

Mark Rollans

Blaine Warzecha

Donald Wehmeyer

The Board of Directors of South

Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. are

rural electric leaders who have

either been elected to the Board of

their distribution system or are

managers of their distribution

system. The Board consists of two

representatives from each of its

eight Member Cooperatives.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

Vice President

Secretary/

Treasurer

Asst. Secretary/

Treasurer

Asst. Secretary/

Treasurer

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

• New Board Officer’s were elected on May 23, 2019.

• Sarah Fisher, Interim CEO for NEC, was elected as a Director following

the re&rement of Trace McCuan.

• The Board approved resolu&ons for: the Palmas to East Rio Hondo

transmission line, the Escobares Substa&on, and MEC’s request to

build the Rio Medina Substa&on.

• Amy Pratka presented Credit Ra&ng Drivers to the Board.

• The Capital Credit Re&rement Policy was reported on by Cory Allen.

• The Board approved three organiza&ons for the CoBank Sharing

Success Program: West Side Helping Hand, Medina Children’s Home,

and Helping Hands Ministry of El Campo.

• Don Gray’s insurance renewal recommenda&ons were approved by

the Board.

• Wendy Ohrt updated the Board on STEC Compe&&ve Retail Services.

• John Packard reported on the April 23rd

Amistad/Falcon Annual

Mee&ng. The Board approved a three-party agreement between

STEC, WAPA, and IBWC.

• Cory Allen outlined expected requirements associated with House Bill

4150 - William Thomas Heath Power Line Safety Act.

• Tabatha Temple reported on STEC’s upgraded ra&ng from A to A+

with Fitch Ra&ngs.

• Cory Allen, Wendy Ohrt, and Diana Liebmann presented a “What If”

analysis regarding customer choice.

• Clif Lange presented the results of an evalua&on on 3rd

Party QSE’s

and the current performance of STEC’s Wholesale Marke&ng/QSE

department.

• The Independent Market Monitor Report (IMMR) was discussed by

Clif Lange.

SOUTH TEXAS ELECTRIC

BOARD OF DIRECTOR NEWS:

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Unplugged—What could you accomplish in 24 hours without the Internet?

It seems that there is never enough time in the day, and I have absolutely

no idea how to create more. So a few weekends back, when I was forced

to be unplugged, while my PC spent some much needed time in rehab, I

thought I might jump on a few home tasks.

Mind you, I did have a choice to stay online. I could still see email and

text, check social media via handheld devices, or used any one of the

other half-dozen computers and devices around the house (my husband

is a programmer so there seems to be an abundance of computers), but I

thought why not take the opportunity to do something else. Why not

knock out a few domestic to-do items? So, here’s what I was able to

accomplish in 24 hours of being “unplugged” (in no particular order)…

HUMAN RESOURCES

1. 5 loads of laundry.

2. Recycled and repurposed all my son’s school clothes - which explains the 5 loads of laundry.

3. Cleaned my office, which had been used as file storage for the past six tax seasons.

4. Neatly packed and organized all of my grandmother’s china so when I finally purchase a dining room table and cabinet all the plates, cups, platters, etc. can move right in.

5. Recycled a pair of gently used curtains for my She Shed which I have needed for more than a year.

6. Completed 15,388 steps without the aid of a treadmill.

7. Watered all the raised veggie boxes and pecan trees by hand which significantly contributed to completing all those steps.

8. Performed home manicure and pedicure, clear and green respectively.

9. Measured both the kitchen and master bathroom for new curtains. Can’t wait to get online to go looking for some ideas . . . wait what am I saying . . . I miss being connected.

10. Waded through several family cookbooks researching methods on how to poach an egg - my culinary talents have some real shortcomings. However, I did…

11. Master a new recipe for stuffed jalapenos wrapped in bacon - now a weekend family favorite.

12. Cleaned my closet and re-set all my shoes (by color, of course).

13. On yeah, and I slept about 10.5 hours.

You are probably reading this article thinking, what in the world does this have to do with STEC? - it has everything. I took time to focus on something completely different (anything but work) and went back on Tuesday totally recharged because I was fresh, a little tired but fresh, for having taken the time to unplug. Quite frankly, as a person with a very high need to finish and check items off my to-do lists – completing all these tasks was a major rush.

On June 17th, NEC Co-op Energy opened the doors of their new

office located at 5017 Saratoga Blvd. Unit 135 in Regal Plaza.

Notification of the relocation along with the Hurricane

Preparedness Guidelines are in the process of being distributed

with the July bills. With the retirement of Frances Nitschmann in May, the Accounting and Finance Department has undergone some changes. Jane Krause has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Tabatha Temple has been promoted to Manager of Accounting & Finance. More changes are expected within the next few months as a new person will be added to fully staff the department.

Ann Moore-Hill has been selected as the department’s new Employee Standing Committee (ESC) repre-sentative.

ACCOUNTING &

FINANCE

COMPETITVE RETAIL

Summer scams

NEC Co-op Energy is sending out warning about utility scams.

The scam is always the same story. A consumer receives a

phone call from someone who said their payment had been

denied, or never received, and demands immediate payment or

they would shut off their power. There are three main utility

scams:

Scam #1 The Green Dot Card Scam: Scammers insist they

need to pay their bill immediately or they will be disconnected.

They tell them to purchase green dot money cards and call them

with the verification codes.

Scam #2 Phishing: Scammers insist they need to pay their bill

immediately or they will be disconnected. They ask them to

verify the credit card or bank account they used to pay their bill.

Scam #3 Google Scam: A Google Calendar invitation pops up

in your inbox. It claims to come from “Google Calendar” and

has the subject line, “Your Electric bill is available.”

If you receive a call or a visit from someone telling you your

electric provider will disconnect your power unless you provide a

debit or credit card or a personal financial account number, close

the door or hang up and contact the electric provider the person

claims to be with.

If an NEC Co-op Energy employee contacts you by phone, it is

the policy of NEC Co-op Energy to NEVER request confidential,

personal financial information – like a credit card number or

checking/savings routing and account numbers. Only give your

confidential financial information to the co-op if you have

contacted the co-op directly to make a payment. Chances are,

anyone contacting members asking for a payment is not

employed or authorized by the co-op.

NEC Co-op Energy is reminding mem-

bers to conserve electricity during peak

demand hours of 3 pm - 6 pm.

Quick Tips To Conserve During Peak

• Adjust your thermostat. Even 2

degrees can add up to great savings.

• When it is hot outside, keep blinds

and drapes closed.

• Wash clothes in cold water with full

laundry loads.

• Reduce the temperature on the water

heater to 120 degrees to save money

and prevent scalding.

• Utilize fans in warm weather to

move the air around to make the

room feel cooler. Turn them off

when you leave the room.

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June was National Safety Month, which focuses on preventing injuries at work, on the road,

and at home. The Safety Department utilizes the monthly safety trainings to bring awareness

to a variety of safety topics and make safety a part of the work culture. STEC places empha-

sis on safety as a number one priority. Below are a few tips to follow to keep you safe at

work and at home.

STEC has been chosen as a recipient of a Texas Mutual safety grant in the amount of $1,500

for 2019. The grant program, exclusively for Texas Mutual policyholders, is designed to

help make businesses a healthier, safer place to work. The grant funds are issued to

purchase ergonomic, safety and/or industrial hygiene equipment to reduce or eliminate

workplace injuries and illnesses.

CORPORATE & MEMBER SERVICES

Hazard recognition: To keep yourself and others

safe, you need to recognize and correct all hazards,

even those that appear to be minor.

• Be aware of anything out of the ordinary. If you

notice a lightbulb is burned out or a cord is

stretched over a walkway, address and fix the

hazard.

• Hazards aren’t always physical. Be on the look-

out for spills and unlabeled chemicals.

Slips, trips and falls: Walking is a large part of

our workday, meaning slips, trips and falls are a

leading cause of workplace injuries.

• Don’t be a distracted walker. Put down your

phone, don’t rush and only carry a manageable

load that you can comfortable lift and see over.

• Wear proper footwear and clothing.

• Practice good housekeeping. Tripping over a

cord or boxes that haven’t been put away is

preventable.

Fatigue: Lack of sleep is a health and safety risk

and can lead to decreased judgement.

• Avoid alcohol, caffeine and electronics at bed-

time as they can affect your sleep quality.

• Aim for eight hours of sleep each night. Driving

or working while fatigued can be similar to the

effects of alcohol.

Impairment: Being impaired at work causes a

lack of focus and delayed reaction times, which

can lead to serious safety risks.

• Alcohol inhibits your ability to work or drive

safely and impairment begins with one drink.

• Taking prescription drugs, even though pre-

scribed, can result in impairment. Read med-

ication labels and follow physician’s orders.

SAFETY

GRANTS

PROGRAM

The Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(TPDES) Permit renewal application for the Sam

Rayburn Power Plant was submitted on July 15, 2019.

The permit authorizes the facility to discharge

pollutants into surface waters of the United States.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has

federal regulatory authority over the permit review/

renewal process. The application includes an

administrative and technical report with sampling

results for metals, PCBS, volatiles, and other present

pollutants from industrial processes on-site.

While many security threats are

complex affairs, carried out by

anonymous attackers from thousands

of miles away, there remains a set of

security challenges that occur literally

right in the faces of victims.

Inadvertent physical security threats,

such as throwing confidential

documents in the trash, leaving

confidential information or creden-

tials on a white board in a conference

room, or discussing proprietary

information in public, are just as

dangerous as active physical security

threats including tailgating, shoulder

surfing, and accessing data within the

organization.

Refer to the Physical Security DOs &

DON’Ts, located on the right, to keep

in mind while at work.

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Central Avenue Substation

Commissioning and mainte-

nance testing have been

completed on Bus #1 and

Transformer #1. The trans-

former was energized on May

9th and load was added on May

10th. Construction for Bus #2

will continue in the Fall.

Sam Rayburn SCADA technicians completed installation of a

replacement 24 fiber cable connecting the distribution OCR and

regulator controls at the Vanderbilt 69kV Substation to the 138kV

control building. Fiber optic cable ages over time and signal loss

affects reliable communications over the fiber. This fiber cable

provides system operations with real-time substation data.

POWER DELIVERY

Burns Substation

Transformer #2 has been moved and set

onto the new transformer pad.

Commissioning will begin in late July.

Kenedy Substation Upgrade

The Kenedy Substation Upgrade

to increase the transformer

capacity remains in progress.

Pictured below is Andrew

Jackson adjusting new switches at

the Kenedy Substation.

The Construction Crew played a vital

part in the Kenedy station upgrade.

The substation is being upgraded to

increase the transformer capacity.

Pictured above is the expansion of

the existing concrete pad to support

the transformer.

The Relay Department performed annual battery maintenance

on the 125Vdc battery bank in the Sam Rayburn 69kV control

house. Robby Leuschner, Relay Technician, is pictured above

using the Abler Cellcorder CRT-400 resistance battery tester.

The Cellcorder CRT-400 is capable of performing voltage,

internal cell resistance, intercell connections resistance and float

voltage measurements.

The transmission and substation projects have slowed to a

crawl with the May 15th PUC directed deadline for transmis-

sion lines to be returned to service. ERCOT is allowing some

transmission outages but often requires them to be returned to

service by 1:00 pm each day. This keeps the System

Operators busy managing the ERCOT Outage Scheduler to

reflect the current system configuration and receiving ERCOT

approval for outages required to maintain the

reliability of the Bulk Electric System (BES).

The review of the Hurricane Preparedness Plan as part of the required Annual Emergency Plan was held in May which included video conferencing with the Member Cooperatives. Discussion included an overview of the different types of communications equipment that are available during emergency conditions and a rundown of the expectations for each of the alert levels.

Eric Fassnidge, Station Engineer,

witnessed autotransformer testing at the

Hyundai Transformer Plant in Montgom-

ery, Alabama. Testing included

impedance voltage and load loss

measurements and the temperature rise,

impulse, switching impulse, applied

voltage and induced overvoltage with-

stand tests.

Substation Technicians and System

Operations participated in substation

training provided for MEC at the Quihi,

Pearson and Bruni Substations. The

training familiarizes the distribution

linemen with substation equipment.

Training included (but not limited to)

hands on switch operation, OCR control

overview and switch house orientation.

The Engineering Department recently acquired two new employees, Eddie Filat and Dwight Jander. Eddie

Filat joined Engineering as a Transmission Planning Engineer. He comes to STEC with over 20 years of

experience in the utility business. Dwight Jander is filling the role of the Land Agent. He has been a land

agent for over 20 years of his career. Both individuals have proven to be great additions to the team.

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Power Plant employees at all facilities have been working

hard to keep the Units available and on-line during the

summer months.

SAM RAYBURN

POWER PLANT

Activities include

disassembly,

repairs and

re-assembly of the

Steam Turbine

Control Valve.

POWER SUPPLY

PEARSALL

POWER PLANT

Finished up

16,000 hour over-

hauls on Engines

16 & 19 and

replaced the

Oxidation catalyst

layer in 6 engines.

RED GATE

POWER PLANT

Performed 5,000

hour maintenance

on 7 engines; per-

formed 500 hour

exhaust valve

borescope inspec-

tions; and replaced

failed exhaust

bellows.

Summer season has arrived which is affectionately known as the Four-

Coincident Peak (“4CP”) season. Summer is known for the time of peak

demand for ERCOT, and typically for STEC, and 4CP is the four-month

period of June through September in which the basis of Transmission Cost of

Service (TCOS) is derived. For STEC, as with other entities in ERCOT, the

summer can be the season of glory and/or horror depending upon the entity’s

long or short position. Glory and/or horror come in varying degrees with an

entity making tons of money in the market or can be breaking even or losing

money. Sometimes an entity can experience the euphoria of making money

one day and then several days later experience the low of losing it all as market

conditions change or resources experience outages. The STEC QSE has at its

disposal a resource mix well-adapted to meet our load needs up to our peak

and well-adapted to ERCOT market for opportunities for market margins, i.e.

– market prices are greater than or equal to STEC’s operational costs. Under

the current scenario of ERCOT load projections and generation capacity, a

forecast of unusually high prices and higher-than-normal chance of load shed

is still seen as the majority opinion. So far, we are still waiting on the hottest

summer temperatures to get us to that point.

Returning to 4CP, the TCOS structure, based on peak demand across the four peak intervals in ERCOT

for each of the months of June – September, motivates load to avoid transmission costs by reducing

demand. STEC has a fairly robust 4CP response during these months. Each Member Cooperative has

customer members signed up to participate in 4CP reduction. The STEC QSE provides notification of a

potential peak for ERCOT to a staff member at a Member’s office, or directly to the Member’s end-use

members and the end-use members reduce their load for avoidance of their, and the Member’s, share of

costs. The QSE averages five to seven requests per month for load management response during the

four-month period. As TCOS has increased over the years as a result of the Competitive Renewable

Energy Zone (CREZ) transmission buildout and other transmission investments, participation in 4CP

load reduction across the ERCOT footprint has increased the same. What was once an easily-identified

ERCOT peak has now become an increasingly volatile determination as the increase in load, or lack

thereof, can quickly change whether a peak occurs or when it occurs.

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Do you know who your ESC

representative is? Are you

expressingyourquestionsand

comments?TheESCishereto

share your concerns during

the monthly meeting. This

creates a great avenue of

communication as the

answers to the questions are

provided to your representa-

tive. The representative then

shares the information from

the meeting back to their

respective department. Odds

are, you probably aren’t the

only individualwith the same

question.

We want to share photos of you volunteering with your chosen qualifying organization. Therefore, when you volunteer, please take photos and email to Diana Sanchez ([email protected]). The photos are displayed at the Sam Rayburn facility and on the STEC website for the members to view.

CoBank Sharing Success Program

CoBank’s Sharing Success program doubles the

contributions to match eligible customer dona-

tions to nonprofit organizations within their local

communities. For 2019, CoBank increased the

annual matching fund to $4 million and raised

the maximum match per customer to $7,500.

STEC nominated three nonprofit organizations

which were approved by STEC’s Board of

Directors for the CoBank Sharing Success

program. Together, STEC and CoBank donated

$5,000 to each qualifying organization.

EMPLOYEE STANDING COMMITTEE

Helping Hands Ministry of El

Campo serves to help the econom-

ically disadvantaged by providing

support with housing repairs,

transportation, and various

essential needs.

West Side Helping Hand of

Corpus Christi is an educational

and recreational Youth Center

that provides academic enhance-

ment and character formation to

students who are from low

income families.

Medina Children’s Home is an

organization that is committed to

providing a safe haven for

children and single-mother

families by helping them avoid

homelessness, poverty, abuse and

neglect.

As of June 30, 2019 STEC has donated $39,000 to qualifying organiza-

tions in the areas that we serve through STEC’s Charitable Giving and

Corporate Support Program. In addition, STEC employees used 19.53

days (156.25 hours) of paid release time giving back to our communities.

The ESC continues to encourage employees to find qualifying

organizations in the communities that we serve where you can give back

by using your paid release time.

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In a joint effort with Human Resources,

ESC members helped organize the

Employee Service Awards Luncheon

on June 28th. The event was held at

Spring Creek Place Event Center with

Vela Farms catering. Thirty-two

employees reached milestone anniver-

saries in 2018.

EMPLOYEE STANDING COMMITTEE

SERVICE AWARDS BANQUET

20 Years Norman Walters...Computer/IT System Administrator

15 Years Dotty DiSanto...Member Services Coordinator

10 Years Rene Lozano...Security Officer

Darilyn Mueller...Competitive Retail Representative

Ricardo Ramirez...Security Officer

25 Years Lee Martinez...Comm/SCADA Technician Foreman

20 Years Doye Bethke...Relay Technician

Don Clawson...Communications Technician

James Rhodes...Substation Technician Foreman

15 Years David Jaeger...Senior Substation Technician

Robert Leuschner...Relay Technician

Joseph Martinez...Substation Technician

Jim Smith...Relay Technician Foreman

10 Years Christopher Beard...Construction Foreman

Michael Espinoza...Line Crew

Kathy Keith...SCADA Programmer

Melissa Reynolds...Meter Data Processor

5 Years Pablo Carrizales...Line Crew

Cory Hernandez...Substation Patrolman

Andrew Jackson...Line Crew

Epimenio Sanchez...Construction Laborer

Raul Serna, Jr. ...ROW Tree Trimmer

25 Years Rory McLeroy...Operator

15 Years Jason Kurtz...Maintenance Technician

Norman Simmang...Operations Supervisor

10 Years John Bauer...Operator

Jeremy Deleon...Operator

Ronnie Malina...Maintenance Technician

Clayton Rickman...Operator

Lucas Turner...Assistant Manager of Marketing/QSE

5 Years Rebecca Hauboldt...System Analyst

Carl Hermes...Maintenance Technician

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

This year STEC awarded scholarships to 6 graduates. Thank you to all the employees

that have contributed to the STEC Scholarship fund and helped make this possible!

100% of the scholarship funds awarded are

contributed by STEC employees, which truly

re3lects the best of the cooperative principles.

Congratulations to the recipients of the

2019 STEC Scholarship:

EmileeBethke- $2,500

TristanHanson- $2,000

MackenzieJaeger- $1,500

OliviaGarza- $1,500

CathleneAndrews- $1,000

JesusOlivarez- $1,000

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SAFETY COMMITTEE

STECemployeesareencouragedtodiscussanysafetyconcernsorsuggestionswith

anySafetyCommitteeMember,andthememberswillupdatetheirdepartmentsin

atimelymannerofwhattheSafetyCommitteediscussedinthepastmeetings.All

STECemployeescanalsousethesuggestionboxesaroundeachfacilityandemail

[email protected].

Recently, the Safety Committee invited an authorized distributor with

Ergodyne to show innovative options of personal protective equipment (PPE)

being used in the field. Ergodyne delivers well-crafted safety gear that

workers desire and jobsites require providing protection, promoting

prevention, and ensuring compliance; all driving towards the goal of zero

injuries. STEC has decided to trail selected PPE equipment from Ergodyne.

Safety leader is defined as a person who has the

courage to demonstrate that he/she values safety

by working and communica&ng with team

members to iden&fy and limit hazardous situa&ons

even in the presence of other job pressures such

as scheduling and costs.

CORE VALUESCORE VALUESCORE VALUESCORE VALUES

Safety

Integrity

Teamwork

Communication

Safety Committee August 1, 2019

Safety Meeting (Administration & Power Plant) August 6, 2019

Safety Meeting (Red Gate Facility) August 7, 2019

Safety Meeting (Donna Facility) August 7, 2019

Safety Meeting (Pearsall Facility) August 8, 2019

Safety Meeting (Transmission & Tech Services) August 12, 2019

Employee Standing Committee August 13, 2019

Committee/Board Meeting August 21 - 22, 2019

Cyber Security (Sam Rayburn Employees) August 22 - 23, 2019

August 2019

M eetings

Upcoming

South Texas

Electric

Cooperative

2849 FM 447

P.O. Box 119

Nursery, Texas 77976

361.575.6491

www.stec.org

Employee Standing Committee September 5, 2019

Safety Committee September 5, 2019

Safety Meeting (Administration & Power Plant) September 10, 2019

Safety Meeting (Red Gate Facility) September 11, 2019

Safety Meeting (Donna Facility) September 11, 2019

Safety Meeting (Pearsall Facility) September 12, 2019

Safety Meeting (Transmission & Tech Services) September 16, 2019

Leading by Action & Examples (Supervisors) September 17, 2019

Committee/Board Meeting September 25-26, 2019

September 2019