Terms and Conditions of Membership to CEC

The application submitted by applicant (hereby known as member) hereby applies for electric service from Citizens Electric Corporation (hereinafter, the "Corporation") upon the following terms and conditions.

1. Payment.
• The Member will, when electric energy becomes available at the Member location, purchase from the Corporation all electric energy used on the premises and/or billed through the meter placed upon Member’s premises, and will pay therefor on a monthly basis in accordance with the rate schedule and rules and regulations established by the Corporation.
• The Member shall not resell to any third party any electric energy provided by the Corporation to the Member.


2. Continuity of Service.
• The Corporation shall use reasonable diligence to provide a constant and uninterrupted supply of electric power and energy hereunder. If the supply of electric power and energy shall fail or be interrupted, or become defective through an act of God, governmental authority, action of the elements, public enemy, accident, strikes, labor trouble, required maintenance, inability to secure right-of-way, or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Corporation, the Corporation shall not be liable therefor or for damages caused thereby.


3. Right of Access.
• Duly authorized representatives of the Corporation shall be permitted access to Member’s premises for the purpose of meter reading, inspecting, repairing, installing or removing any or all of its equipment used in connection with serving the Member. In addition, Member shall grant the Corporation the necessary right-of-way without charge to provide service extensions to Member as well as to perform necessary maintenance and service upgrades.


4. Safety and Service Connections Specifications.
• Throughout the term of this agreement, the Member hereby agrees that the premises to be served by the Corporation shall be wired in accordance with all applicable county, state and/or federal regulations, codes, laws or statutes as required and/or adopted by the Corporation.


5. Communication of Official Notices.
• Each Member of the Corporation shall receive the Rural Missouri, a monthly newsletter, which communicates the Corporation’s official notices. The cost for this publication is taken from the general operating funds of the Corporation.


6. Compliance with Corporation’s By-Laws.
• The Member will comply with and be bound by the provisions of the Corporation’s By-Laws and the rules, regulations and policies of the Corporation now in effect and as may hereafter be amended, from time to time by the Board of Directors.

The acceptance of this Application by the Corporation shall constitute an agreement between Member and the Corporation, its successors and assigns, and the contract for electric service shall continue in force from the date service is made available by the Corporation to the Member and thereafter until cancelled in accordance with the By-Laws, rules and regulations or policies of the Corporation.

Citizens Electric Corporation is the recipient of Federal financial assistance from the Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and is subject to the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture which provide that no person in the United States on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability shall be excluded from participation in, admission or access to, denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any of this organization’s programs or activities.

The person responsible for coordinating this organization’s nondiscrimination compliance efforts is the Chief Financial Officer. Any individual, or specific class of individuals, who feels that this organization has subjected them to discrimination may obtain further information about the statutes and regulations listed above from and/or file a written complaint with this organization; or the Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Stop 1510, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-1510; or the Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410; or call (202) 720-5964 (voice or TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Complaints must be filed within 180 days after the alleged discrimination. Confidentiality will be maintained to the extent possible. (Rev. 12/05)