Cherryland Electric Cooperative - Michigan Country Lines Magazine

Information For All
Customers Of Cherryland
Electric Cooperative
Your cooperative offers a program called
the Cherryland Cares Fund, which is funded
through the voluntary rounding up of your
monthly utility bill to the next
whole dollar amount. An allvolunteer
board of directors
appointed by the memberelected
board of Cherryland
Electric Cooperative is charged
with distributing the funds
throughout the cooperative’s service area
to support charitable efforts in and around
the communities we serve. Money from the
Cherryland Cares Fund has been distributed
to educational programs, fire departments,
medical emergency groups, recreational
organizations serving both the young and
old, senior organizations, local economic
development initiatives, and numerous
local charities.
Your participation in the Cherryland Cares
Fund is voluntary. If at any time you wish to
discontinue your participation, please let us
know and we will remove your name. If you
are participating, your monthly bill is rounded
up to the next whole dollar amount.
For example, if your bill is $58.42, it would
be rounded up to $59. The 58 cents is
then contributed by Cherryland Electric
Cooperative on your behalf to this Fund to be
used as explained above. A customer’s average
annual contribution is approximately $6. Your
annual contribution to the Cherryland Cares
Fund is tax deductible and is reported on your
monthly statement at the end of the year.
For additional information regarding the
Cherryland Cares Fund, contact the co-op
office by mail (see page 4) or by calling 800-
442-8616 (MI).
To Member-Customers of Cherryland Electric Cooperative
This Notice of Access to Rules and Rates is published pursuant to the rules established by
the Michigan Public Service Commission as set forth in the “Consumer Standards and Billing
Practices for Electric Residential Service, R460.2146 and 2149.”
As a member-customer (member) of Cherryland Electric Cooperative, be advised that the
following information is available to you from the cooperative upon request:
1) Complete rate schedules;
2) Clear and concise explanation of all rates that the member may be eligible to receive;
3) Assistance from the cooperative in determining the most appropriate rate for a member
when the member is eligible to receive service under more than one rate;
4) Clear and concise explanation of the members’ actual energy use for each billing period
during the last 12 months.
Cherryland Electric Cooperative, Grawn, MI
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Source: U.S. Department of Energy
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