Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO)
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SMECO is a cooperative that provides electricity service for southern Maryland. SMECO was formed on Feb. 5, 1937 as the Southern Maryland Tri-County Cooperative Association, facilitated by President Franklin Roosevelt's Rural Electrification Administration (REA). Southern Maryland at the time was not lucrative enough a market to draw private capital to create a commercial electric utility. In the end, this was a blessing for customer-owners. SMECO rates are far lower than those paid by fellow Marylanders in area serviced by for-profit corporations.
SMECO headquarters is based in Hughesville, Maryland.
Contents
Management
Executive Officers
- Austin J. Slater, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer (2005 Salary: $253,931)
- Ken Capps, Vice President, Engineering and Operations and Chief Operating Officer (2005 Salary: $186,063)
- Sonja M. Cox, Vice President, Financial and Economic Services and Chief Financial Officer
- Mark A. MacDougall, Vice President, External Affairs and General Counsel (2005 Salary: $200,203)
- Frank Mudd, Jr., Vice President, Human Resources (2005 Salary: $137,060)
- Joseph Trentacosta, Vice President, Information and Customer Services and Chief Information Officer (2005 Salary: $158,655)
Note: All salary figures based on the 2005 Annual Financial Report SMECO files with the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC).
Board of Directors
Board Officers
- Joseph V. Stone, Jr., Chairperson
- Samuel J. Hammett, Vice Chairperson
- Kenneth L. Dyson, Secretary-Treasurer
- Fern G. Brown, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Directors by County
- Calvert County
- Samuel J. Hammett
- W. Michael Phipps
- Nancy W. Zinn
- Charles County
- John H. Bloom
- Gilbert O. Bowling
- Fern G. Brown
- Kenneth L. Dyson
- Richard A. Winkler
- Prince George’s County
- Daniel W. Dyer
- James A. Richards
- St. Mary’s County
- Samuel M. Bailey, Jr.
- W. Rayner Blair III
- J. Douglas Frederick
- Francis E. Hewitt
- Joseph V. Stone, Jr.