Fredericksburg, Va. — Three positions on Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s (REC) Board of Directors will be elected at the Cooperative’s Annual Meeting on Aug. 7, 2024. Director elections will be held this year in the following regions:

• Region II – The counties of Clarke, Fauquier and Stafford, and the portions of Warren County and Rappahannock County east of U.S. Route 522. Currently represented by Christopher Shipe.
• Region III – The counties of Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Rockingham, and the portion of Page County located south of U.S. Route 211. Currently represented by Darlene Carpenter.
• Region VIII – Hanover and Goochland counties. Currently represented by Eric Paulson.

To become a candidate, you must be an REC member-owner as defined under Article I of the REC

Bylaws. You must also reside in the region that you wish to represent as provided under Article IV of the REC Bylaws. For further details on director qualifications and the nomination procedures, please review Article IV of REC’s Bylaws in the Governance and Document Center on REC’s website, myrec.coop.

To obtain the candidate nomination packet, visit myrec.coop/directorelections, email directorelections@myrec.coop or call 540-891-5889. The completed nomination materials and petition must be returned to the office of REC’s president by 5 p.m. on April 19, 2024
REC’s Bylaws require that any member-owner who seeks election to the Board of Directors submit a nomination petition signed by at least 25 REC member-owners. Member-owners signing the nomination petition can be from any of REC’s nine regions.

Nomination petitions will be distributed by Assistant Secretary to the Board, Whitney Watts, electronically or by scheduling an appointment to pick up the petition in person. To request the nomination petition, email directorelections@myrec.coop or call 540-891-5889.

No nominations can be accepted at the Annual Meeting in August.

For more information, visit myrec.coop/directorelections.

REC provides electric service to over 177,000 connections in parts of 22 Virginia counties. With its general office in Fredericksburg, Va., the Cooperative operates and maintains more than 18,000 miles of power lines through its service area, which ranges from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay. For more information about REC, please visit www.myrec.coop. Follow REC on Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.