Annual Meeting
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Board of Director Seats
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Co-op Annual Meeting
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Scholarships given away to members
Please join us for Choptank Electric Cooperative's 87th Annual Meeting!
Thursday, April 24, 2025, at The Fountains Wedding and Conference Center in Salisbury
Doors will open at 4:30pm for members to register, visit with staff and vendors and enjoy dinner. The business portion of the annual meeting will begin at 6pm with President and CEO Mike Malandro reporting on the Co-op business over the last 12-months. In addition to the formal business meeting, there will be an opportunity for students to receive scholarships. Ten $1,000 Luck of the Draw scholarships will be awarded to students who pre-file their applications and are present at the meeting with their parent or legal guardian who is an active cooperative member. Click here for the scholarship application and more information.
Three Board members will be standing for reelection during the 2025 meeting:
- Amy Brandt, representing Caroline County
- Matt Holloway, representing Wicomico County
- Donna Richardson West, representing Worcester County
Click here to read biographical information about each Director candidate.
All members who attend the annual meeting will be awarded a $10 bill credit on their next electric bill (limited to 1 per membership). There will also be door prizes drawn at the end of the meeting ranging from $100-$500 in bill credits.
To RSVP and reserve your space at the 2025 Annual Meeting, please contact our Member Service Center by:
• Calling 1-877-892-0001, or
• Emailing us at annualmeeting@choptankelectric.coop.
We will need your name, account number and total number of guests in your group to register you for the 2025 Annual Meeting. The RSVP deadline is Monday, April 7th, but call today to guarantee your spot.
The Fountains Conference Center is located off of the Route 13 Bypass close to the Shorebirds Stadium. Address is 1800 Sweetbay Drive, Salisbury, MD 21804
Recap of last year's Annual Meeting: Choptank Electric Celebrates 86th Annual Member Meeting
The 86th annual meeting of cooperative members was held on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
Salisbury, MD - Choptank Electric Cooperative held its 86th Annual Meeting on April 25 at The Fountains Wedding and Conference Center with over 350 guests in attendance. Members re-elected three Board members, the Cooperative awarded $12,000 in scholarships to students in attendance, and shared significant highlights from 2023 about Choptank Electric and its subsidiary, Choptank Fiber.
Mike Malandro, President and CEO of Choptank Electric, addressed the members in attendance and thanked them for being engaged owners of their Cooperative. He highlighted the work done in 2023 to balance the supply chain, keep expenses for members as low as possible, and prepare for the future with youth education and training.
“Our Cooperative works daily to maintain over 6,300 miles of line while continuing to receive a 99.98% system reliability rating from the ASAI,” shared Malandro. “One of the main impacts to reliability is vegetation management. I’m proud to share that in 2023, we trimmed over 1,000 miles of power lines, mowed over 200 acres of land, and removed over 2,700 impeding trees.”
Doug Scott, Chairman of the Board, celebrated the Cooperative’s dedication to rural members by providing broadband services through Choptank Fiber. “We are proud to have passed over 11,000 homes by building infrastructure and connecting customers faster than any other internet provider on the Shore,” added Scott.
Mr. Malandro recapped the success of the inaugural class of graduates from the Powerline Worker Pre-Apprenticeship program. This partnership between Choptank Electric Cooperative, Wor-Wic Community College and the Virginia, Maryland, Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives is the first of its kind on the Delmarva Peninsula, providing a boost to workforce development and supporting our mission to serve our communities.
The following uncontested Board members were re-elected to another three-year term: Bob Arnold of Queen Anne’s County, Kristen Nickerson of Kent County and Doug Scott of Dorchester County.
Choptank Electric’s Luck of the Draw Scholarship awarded ten $1,000 scholarships and one $2,000 scholarship in honor of Olin Davis who recently retired from the Choptank Electric Board of Directors after 34 years of dedicated service. Students were drawn from those who applied and attended the Annual Meeting.
Winners included:
• Caitlyn Grager of Wicomico County
• Logan Hurney of Worcester County
• Hayden Jackson of Caroline County
• Isabella Jobeck of Talbot County
• Rylie Kirby of Worcester County
• Damian Kunie of Wicomico County
• Lukas Maloney of Caroline County
• Mia Nielson of Caroline County
• William O'Donnell of Talbot County ($2,000)
• Julianna Torre of Wicomico County
• Riley Walstrum of Caroline County
A full recap of the Cooperative in 2023 can be found online at www.choptankelectric.coop/financial-information
A copy of the 2024 annual meeting minutes can be found here.