6/9/08 • STORM CAUSES OUTATGE IN EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY

STORM CAUSES OUTATGE IN EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY

Garkane Energy Customers in Eastern Wayne County experienced a power outage Wednesday June 5, 2008, due to severe weather, which hit the area. Power to the area was off for a while, but many customers may not have even noticed. Power was off briefly from Rim Rock, west of the Park to Hanksville, until crews were able to isolate the problem and restore temporary power to the affected areas by using a generator in Hanksville. Two linemen remained in Hanksville to operate the generator through the night.

Heavy wind conditions in the Park area caused a neutral wire to wrap around a phase wire causing a loss of power to the area.

Power went off at approximately 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Line crews were immediately dispatched to locate the problem. They were able to isolate the section and restore power using a generator until the problem could be found. Garkane crews battled miserable conditions at times as they patrolled the lines throughout Wednesday evening and throughout the night trying to locate the problem. The twisted lines were located early Thursday morning, June 6, 2008 east of the Capitol Reef boundary.

"We are indeed grateful for any moisture a storm brings. However, hard blowing winds sometimes cause problems for power lines," stated Phillip Burr, Garkane's Northern System Area Manager. Garkane was notified around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon of outage. "During any storm, our crews work under extremely difficult conditions in order to restore power to our customers," stated Burr. "We appreciate their efforts, and we're sorry for the inconvenience power outages cause."

These summer storms are welcomed for the moisture they provide, but for Garkane, any storm should serve as a reminder to plan ahead for the inevitable weather-related power outage. Garkane reminds its customers to choose an easily accessible closet or cupboard for an emergency supply of flashlights, batteries, and other needed items.

6/9/08 • NOTICE OF PUBLIC RATE HEARING (JULY 28, 2008)

Garkane Energy and its member-consumers have enjoyed one of the longest periods of rate stability in history. Utah and Garkane enjoy some of the lowest electric rates in the country and Garkane will continue to do so even with this proposed adjustment. Pricing adjustments are something we only consider when we have to. Garkane hasn't raised its rates since 1992. Unfortunately, over the past several years Garkane has experienced an increase in the costs of materials, labor, equipment, fuel, and interest costs on new financing necessary to construct new infrastructure to meet growth.

We've been able to hold our rates down and minimize increases by managing costs and implementing a number of cost-saving measures. In the past, we've also passed on savings in the form of Capital Credits due to rebates from our wholesale provider, Deseret Power.

We believe that reliable electric service at a reasonable price is something that our member-consumers can count on and that we have delivered on a daily basis.

To accomplish this goal, we must also protect the financial stability of our organization by asking our member-consumers to share in these costs.

Garkane strives to give member-consumers as much notice as possible through a variety of methods.

Maintaining dependable service at an affordable price remains the cornerstone of the cooperative's business.

1. Garkane is committed to delivering power at the lowest possible cost.

2. Garkane works hard to minimize the impact of necessary price increases.

3. Garkane is accountable to our member-consumers, not outside investors.

4. Garkane is a not-for-profit business and our member-consumers have a voice in decision making.

The purpose of the public hearing scheduled for July 28, 2008 is to receive comments and to review with the membership, Garkane Energy Cooperative's proposed general rate increase to all Utah customers.

The Cooperative will be considering a revised rate for all Utah customers. Rate Schedule numbers LP015, RES21, SEA22, IRR24, GS125, GS228, GS332, SL027, TOD29, TOD30, NDM31, COG33, UT021, UT025, UT027, UT028, UT029, UT030, UT031, UT032, schedule SC, Service Charges, and changes to our line extension policy.

This proposed increase will raise Garkane's revenue by approximately 7.88%, which will increase the typical residential bill (using 750 kwh) by $3.37 per month.

Notice was previously given for July 21, 2008. The date for the rate hearing has been changed to Monday, July 28, 2008, in the Garkane Energy Hatch Office at 1:00 p.m. The Hatch Office is located at 468 North Highway 89, Hatch Utah.

Written comments can be directed to Garkane Energy, Attention: Marcus Lewis, at P.O. Box 465, Loa, UT 84747.

Questions and comments can also be made on the company's website at: http://www.GarkaneEnergy.com/contact.cfm. Select the option, "Rate Hearing Comments".

All written and e-mailed comments submitted prior to July 25 will be distributed to the Board of Directors for review.

6/2/08 • GARKANE ELECTS OFFICERS

GARKANE ELECTS OFFICERS

AND SELECTS REPRESENTATIVES TO STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS

Carl Boyd, Jr. was recently re-elected Board President of Garkane Energy Cooperative, Utah. Other Board Officers include Wayne Robinson, Vice President, and Terry Griffiths, Secretary/Treasurer.

Incumbent Directors, Michael Blackburn - Bicknell, Carl Boyd, Jr. - Tropic, Rod Ence - Duck Creek, and Wayne Robinson - Kanab, were each recently, re-elected in their Director District elections and will continue to represent Districts 3, 6, 8, and 10 respectively.

The Board also selected trustees to two statewide organizations in which Garkane participates. Boudicca Joseph - Big Water and Terry Griffiths - Orderville will represent Garkane's interests on the Board of Deseret Generation and Transmission Cooperative. Michael Blackburn - Bicknell and LaDon Torgersen - Koosharem will serve on the Utah Rural Electric Association Board of Directors.

Garkane Propane's Board of Directors also met on June 2, 2008, and selected new Officers for the Company for the coming year. Reed Munson - Escalante, was re-elected as the President of the Board of Directors. Joining President Munson as Officers are Boudicca Joseph - Big Water, as Vice President, and Rodney Ence - Duck Creek, as Secretary/Treasurer.

5/1/08 • ANNUAL MEETING ELECTION RESULTS

Results of Garkane Energy's Director elections and proposed Bylaw Amendment were announced during each of the Cooperatives Annual Meeting Sessions held in Kanab, Utah, April 22, 2008, Tropic, Utah, April 23, 2008, and Bicknell, Utah, April 24, 2008.

Incumbent Directors, Wayne Robinson - Kanab, Rod Ence - Duck Creek, and Michael Blackburn - Bicknell, ran unopposed and will continue to serve as Board Members for District 10, 8 and 3, respectively.

In Garkane District 6, Board Vice President, Wayne Robinson, announced Incumbent Director, Carl Boyd, Jr. - Tropic, as the winner of the District 6 election. Mr. Kevin Eldredge - Hatch, ran against Director Boyd.

Results of the vote on the proposed amendment to the Bylaws were also announced at each of the business sessions. The amendment passed unanimously 1,376 for, 117 against.

Featured speakers at the Meeting Sessions included Deseret Power's CEO - Kimball Rasmussen, Representative Mike Noel, and Mike Peterson - UREA Executive Director. Mr. Rasmussen spoke at the business sessions held in Kanab and Tropic, and Representative Noel and Mr. Peterson spoke at the business session held in Bicknell. Garkane-s CEO, Carl Albrecht, also gave a report at each meeting.

This year's business sessions also included youth speakers from last year's Utah Rural Electric Association (UREA) Youth Leadership Conference which is co-sponsored by Garkane and several other Cooperatives in Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming. Kanab High School Senior, Garett Madril spoke at the Business Session in Kanab, Bryce Valley High School Senior, McKoye Mecham spoke at the Business Session in Tropic, and Wayne High School Senior, Trent Taylor spoke at the Business Session in Bicknell. Wayne High School Senior, Porter Ellett - Wayne High School, will represent Garkane at this summer's UREA Youth Leadership Conference as a Youth Director.

In accordance with the Cooperative's Bylaws, Directors Robinson, Ence, Boyd, and Blackburn will all serve three year terms. Garkane Board Members will also elect Board Officers and representatives to Deseret Power (Garkane's wholesale power supplier) and the Utah Rural Electric Association (Statewide organization) at the first regular Board Meeting following the Annual Meeting. That meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 2, 2008 in Hatch, Utah.

4/4/08 • Annual Meeting Sessions Scheduled For April

The Sessions of the 2008 Annual Member Meeting of Garkane Energy Cooperative, Inc. will be held Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at the Kanab Middle School in Kanab, UT; Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at the Bryce Valley High School Auditorium in Tropic, UT, and Thursday, April 24, 2008 at the Wayne High School Auditorium in Bicknell, UT.

The regular business meeting sessions will begin at 7:00 p.m. Preliminary events begin with a Barbecue from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Displays and a health fair begin at 6:00 p.m.

Business to be conducted at this year's Annual Member Meeting includes announcing the results of the bylaw amendment vote (voting by the full membership-see page 3 for full details of the proposed amendment), and the results of the election of directors representing Districts 3, 6, 8, and 10 (voting by District only). Candidates for the Board are profiled on Pages 6 and 7 of this edition of HIGHLIGHTS. Members in Districts 3, 6, 8, and 10 will vote this year in their respective director elections. Election ballots and the proposed bylaw amendment ballots were mailed on Thursday, March 27, 2008. If you did not receive your ballot by April 9th, please call 1-800-747-5403. Instructions for voting will be included with the ballots.

Garkane memers are invited and encouraged to attend the session most convenient for their individual circumstances. Garkane's Annual Meetings are more than just business sessions. Annual Meetings give attendees the opportunity to learn more about Garkane and the important issues facing the member-owned cooperative. They are also a time to celebrate the cooperative way of doing business.

Prior to the meetings, we'll break-out the barbecue trailer and furnish dinner. Members will have the opportunity to visit with the Board of Directors and Management, to view informative displays, and to participate in a complimentary health fair. Refreshments will also be served, and door prizes will be supplied by Garkane and many of its vendors and suppliers. Sessions this year will feature speakers and a review of important events at Garkane over the past year.

"We encourage our members to attend an Annual Meeting Session, states Garkane CEO Carl Albrecht. The Annual Meeting is part of the cooperative way of doing business. Remember, Garkane is your cooperative!

Candidate profiles can be viewed by clicking on the link below:

Attached: Candidate-Profiles-2008.pdf

4/4/08 • Proposed Amendment To Bylaws

The proposed amendment to the Bylaws allows the members to directly nominate all Director candidates and removes the requirement that Director candidates also be selected by a Nominating Committee. The proposed amendment also eliminates the required Director election and the expense of mailing ballots when a Director candidate is qualified and unopposed.

Click on the link below for the full text of the proposed amendment (full text can also be read in the Spring 2008 issue of HIGHLIGHTS, which was mailed March 27, 2008). The Garkane Board of Directors recommend approval of this proposed amendment to the Bylaws. Ballots were mailed to all members March 27, 2008.

Attached: Proposed-Amendment-to-Bylaws-2008.pdf

3/25/08 • Notice of Job Opening

GIS System Administrator (Kanab Business Office). - Job Closed on March 31, 2008.

Application and resume should be mailed to Mike Avant, Engineering Manager - 1802 South 175 East - Kanab, UT 84741. You may contact Mr. Avant at (435) 644-5026 / Office (435) 689-0234 / Cell

For the full job notice click on PDF Below.

An Application can be downloaded by clicking the link below.

More Info : http://www.garkaneenergy.com/employment.cfm

Attached: GIS-System-Administrator-3-24-07.pdf

3/11/08 • Notice of Job Opening

Engineering/Staking Technician in the Kanab Area - Job Closed (Kanab Business Office).

Application and resume should be mailed to Jeff Vaughn, Kanab Area Manager - 1802 South 175 East - Kanab, UT 84741. You may also contact Mr. Vaughn at 888-644-5026 or 435-644-5026.

For the full job notice click on PDF Below.

An Application can be downloaded by clicking the link below.

More Info : http://www.garkaneenergy.com/employment.cfm

Attached: Engineering-Staking-Technician.pdf

2/25/08 • 2008 Scholarship Notification

Garkane Energy is pleased to offer a scholarship program to assist youth in pursuing their higher education goals. A total of eleven $1,000 scholarship awards will be given. Ten of the awards will go to outstanding applicants in Garkane's ten board of director districts. The eleventh scholarship will be awarded to a deserving student on an "At-Large" basis.

Please click on the link below to download the scholarship application.

Applications must arrive no later than April 11, 2008.

More Info : http://www.garkaneenergy.com/education-scholarships.cfm

Attached: District-Scholarship-Applications-08.pdf

11/9/07 • GARKANE PROVIDES ELECTRICITY FOR COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS LIGHTING

Garkane Energy is providing free electricity again this year for decorative Christmas Street Lighting in the cities and towns served by the cooperative. In making the announcement, Garkane CEO Carl Albrecht stated, "For nearly a half century, it's been our pleasure to help communities feel the Christmas spirit through the free lighting program. It's our way of wishing our member-consumers a most joyous holiday season."

Albrecht went on to say that community leaders were informed of the program during the first part of the month, and that Garkane crews would be available to assist communities with the installation of the decorations as well as the removal at the end of the season.

The free electrical service for decorative community lighting runs from Wednesday, November 21, 2007 through Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Lighting hours are 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight, daily.

10/1/07 • Reward offered for visiting Garkane's website?

Garkane's Website is officially, up and running and we want you to visit it regularly. In fact, we'll reward one lucky person a month for visiting our site (www.garkaneenergy.com). This is similar to our Newsletter, HIGHLIGHTS, which rewards members with a $25 power credit for finding their hidden account number in the text of the newsletter. If your account number is randomly selected to be listed somewhere on our site, we'll reward you with a $25 credit on your next month's bill. Look for a 3 to 9 digit number (00000000) and compare it with the account number on your Newsletter mailing label or your monthly billing statement. If your account number is less than 9 digits it will begin with a zero. For example, if your account number was 4444 and was inserted into our website on one of the various pages, it would be listed as (000004444).

If you see your account number listed on our site, you must call before the end of the month, toll-free at 1-800-747-5403.

We'll credit $25.00 to your account as a lucky winner! One new random account number will be added by the first working business day of each month. Just one more reason to visit www.garkaneenergy.com.

Take a look over our site. We still have many things to add. In fact, an on-line bill payment option will be added soon. Check our site regularly for energy saving tips, safety tips, and information on upcoming events. If there's something you would like to see added to our site, let us know. This is your cooperative!

10/1/07 • October is Cooperative Month

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