Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation is guided by a six-member board compromised of representatives who receive electric service from the cooperative. These representatives are called “Directors.” They are democratically elected to three-year terms by the members of Nolin RECC. Although each one represents a district within the Nolin RECC service area, all six directors are elected to serve the best interests of the entire membership, not just their own district within the cooperative.
The boundaries of each district are based on member service location numbers and may be obtained from the Nolin RECC office or viewed on our service area map. Director qualifications and information on member voting can be found in the Nolin RECC Bylaws. The Nolin RECC board of directors typically meets the second Thursday of every month. Members who wish to attend a meeting must submit a request in writing. Contact your director using the form below.
David P. Brown is employed at Irving Materials, Inc. (IMI) in Elizabethtown and he also works on their family farm near Hodgenville. He and his wife, Michelle, have four daughters and three grandchildren. Mr. Brown began serving on the Nolin board in June 1994 and was elected chair of the board in 2003.
David P. Brown
Chair
District 4 Director
Gene Straney was elected by the members to the Nolin RECC Board of Directors in 1986, and currently serves as vice chair. He owns and operates G & P Construction located in Elizabethtown. Originally from Vine Grove, Gene and his wife, Kay, live in Elizabethtown and have two children and five grandchildren.
Gene Straney
Vice Chair
District 2 Director
Mark was born in Hardin County and is a lifetime resident of Rineyville. The son of Bill and Rosie Cochran, Mark is a third-generation farmer who raises cattle and hogs. Mark and his wife, Judy, along with son Toby, are members of St. Brigid Catholic Church in Vine Grove. Mark was elected to the Nolin board by members in June 2023.
Mark Cochran
District 1 Director
Raymond E. “Rick” Thomas is a lifelong resident of Hardin County. He and his wife, Donna live and farm on St. John Road where they operate a diversified farming operation. Rick was chosen in 2004 as a Nolin Board member. In 2020, he was selected by the Nolin Board to represent Nolin as a Director on the East Kentucky Power Cooperative Board.
Raymond E. “Rick” Thomas
Secretary-Treasurer
District 3 Director
Linda Grimes along with her husband, Coleman, and brother-in-law and his wife, own and operate Grimes Farms in LaRue County. Linda and Coleman have two children. Linda was elected by Nolin members to serve as Director of District 5 in June 2009.
Linda Grimes
District 5 Director
Lawrence Ireland was appointed to the Board in 1987 and elected to the Board by the Nolin members in 1989. Mr. Ireland owns and operates Ireland Heating & Cooling in Radcliff. He and his wife, Mayonia, have four sons, eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Lawrence Ireland
District 6 Director
Around The Co-op
Capital Credits
Nolin District 2 Director Gene Straney presents a capital credit check for the City of Elizabethtown to Mayor Jeff Gregory
What are capital credits?
Nolin RECC is a not-for-profit organization and we strive to keep costs low for our members. The money you pay to us when you pay your electric bill covers the cost of wholesale electricity from our power provider, materials for our poles and lines, and our operating costs. If we have money left over after these expenses are paid, we consider these as margins. These margins are allocated each year to our member-owners based on their kilowatt usage for that year. These funds must be held in reserve for operational expenses to operate the cooperative efficiently and for emergencies.
What does that mean for Nolin RECC members?
Capital credit allocations are your portion of the margins that may be left over at the end of the year. Your portion is based on your kilowatt usage for that year. Capital credit allocations are not immediately available to apply toward your bill or receive as a check. The allocated funds are kept in reserve to ensure we are able to cover our financial obligations and operational expenses. The Board of Directors may vote to retire funds for certain years if the cooperative is in a financial position to do so. Funds are considered retired when they are available to be paid out to our members.
Since 2019, Nolin RECC has retired over $21 million in capital credits to members.
Years retired (the year they were retired):
- 1990, 2018 (retired in 2019)
- Years up to 1991, 1998, 2012, 2018, 2019 (retired in 2020) Also in 2020, East Kentucky Power Cooperative capital credits from 1972, 1973 were retired
- 1992, 1993, 2020 (retired in 2021)
- 1995, 1998, 2003, 2021 and EKPC 1976, 1981, 1982 (retired in 2022)
- 1996, 2015, 2016, 2017 (retired in 2023)
- 1999, 2023 (retired in 2024)
Learn more about capital credits HERE