Empire Electric Association’s 2026 annual member meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 18, at EEA’s Engineering and Operations Center, which is located at 23999 Road L.4, Cortez, Colorado. Registration will begin at 4:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. This will be a business meeting only. Members who attend will receive a $10 credit on their electric bill.
The EEA board considered present board district composition at its December 2025 meeting and determined no changes to board district boundaries are needed at this time. As of December 2025, the district with the most members had 1,974; the district with the least members had 1,892; and the average number of members per district was 1,931.
The District 3 board seat is up for election this year — Corey Robinson is the incumbent director. The winning candidate will serve a four-year term. In order to serve on EEA’s seven-member board of directors, our bylaws require the following qualifications. The director shall:
• Be a member of the cooperative for at least one year immediately prior to becoming a director.
• Be a bona fide resident of the district represented for at least 120 days prior to becoming a director, which means that the person must be a permanent occupant receiving electric service from the cooperative at his or her primary residential abode.
• Be a citizen of the United States of America and a registered voter in the person’s director district.
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Not be an employee of the cooperative.
• Complete campaign contributions reports in accordance with Policy 31 – Campaign Contributions Reporting.
District 3 is generally described as follows:
Generally, the center Montezuma County portion of the system. The eastern boundary begins at the midpoint of the southern edge of T36N R15W S32, and continues north along section mid-lines until it intersects Road M. The district boundary then follows Road M west until it intersects Road 25, then follows Road 25 north until it intersects Road N. The boundary then follows section lines (generally coincident with Road N) west to the intersection with Road 21, then follows Road 21 north to the intersection with Road S, and then follows Road S west to the intersection with Road 18. From there, the district boundary follows section mid-lines (generally coincident with Road 18) south to the northern edge of T36N R17W S22, and from there travels east along section lines (generally coincident with Road L) until it intersects with Road 23. From there it follows Road 23 south to the intersection with Road K. The boundary then follows Road K east to road’s end and continues east generally along section lines until it intersects with Empire St., and then it follows Empire St. east until it intersects Colorado State Highway 145. It then follows the boundary between T36N R16W and T36N R15W south (generally consistent with Road 27) until it intersects Road H. From there the boundary follows Road H (generally coincident with the T36N R15W – T35N R15W boundary) to the point of beginning.
Candidates may be nominated by petition only and such petitions must include the signatures of at least 15 members of the cooperative whose bona fide residences are within the candidate’s district. Qualifying candidates may pick up a nominating petition from our main office during normal business hours. Petitions will be available beginning on March 20, and must be submitted to EEA by April 20. The secretary will post a list of qualifying nominees in our main office at the end of the business day on April 21.
Each member of the cooperative is entitled to one vote on all issues properly brought before the membership, including the election of directors. Members may vote either in-person at the annual meeting or through mail-in ballots provided by the cooperative. Mail-in ballots will be mailed to members on or before June 3. In order to be counted, mail-in ballots must be received by EEA’s election contractor Survey and Ballot Systems no later than 5 p.m. on June 12. All members are strongly encouraged to vote.
If you have additional questions about this year’s election, annual meeting, or any other cooperative business, please visit our website at https://eea.coop or give us a call at 970-565-4444. We hope to see you at the meeting.
