Nice to meet you

Estab­lish­ing a con­nec­tion when you meet some­one new is a typ­i­cal con­ver­sa­tion starter. We all want to find com­mon ground, which usu­al­ly starts by play­ing the name game. Find­ing a mutu­al friend bridges the gap between strangers and acquain­tances. Sud­den­ly, because you know the oth­er per­son­’s friend or fam­i­ly mem­ber, you are wel­comed into the inner cir­cle, vouched for, and tak­en seri­ous­ly. Build­ing those rela­tion­ships is an impor­tant part of your coop­er­a­tive’s val­ues. Com­mu­ni­ty. Ser­vice. Fam­i­ly. Our mem­bers. You.

Let’s take a minute to get acquaint­ed. My name is Paul Basha, and I am a proud YEC mem­ber. I’m a fam­i­ly man–a nor­mal guy–just like you. I bet if you asked around, I’m not the only per­son you might know that works here at your co-op.

Relat­ing you to the local men and women who are ded­i­cat­ed to serv­ing you with excel­lence should pro­vide you with a peace of mind and com­fort in know­ing you are a pri­or­i­ty at YEC.

Our com­mit­ment to our mem­bers is much deep­er than any oth­er util­i­ty. As a co-op, we are ded­i­cat­ed to improv­ing our com­mu­ni­ties and the lives of those around us. We take every out­age, phone call, ques­tion, new con­struc­tion, secu­ri­ty light, and eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ty seri­ous­ly because it mat­ters. These ideals come nat­u­ral­ly to us because we live where you live. We eat where you eat. We shop where you shop. Our kids attend school with your kids. We wor­ship where you wor­ship.

Your ser­vice mat­ters to us because we work in the same com­mu­ni­ty you do, and a lot of us get our pow­er from the same place you do. The men and women who respond dur­ing an out­age expe­ri­ence the same out­ages at their homes, too. We are real peo­ple, who val­ue the same things as you do, answer­ing the call to pro­vide you with the safe, reli­able and afford­able ener­gy you deserve. Enrich­ing lives means help­ing our neigh­bors, our cowork­ers, our friends and family–you. That’s the pow­er of human con­nec­tions. That’s why we are proud to have local peo­ple serv­ing you.

Like­wise, your rela­tion to YEC is more than just a con­sumer; you are a mem­ber and an own­er of your co-op. This is the most impor­tant con­nec­tion of all. In this issue, we would like to take the time to intro­duce you to some of our employ­ees who are mem­bers just like you. If you did­n’t know them before, we hope you take the time to make some new friends. As for me, it’s nice to offi­cial­ly meet you. Remem­ber, we are local peo­ple look­ing out for you–and that’s the coop­er­a­tive dif­fer­ence.

Paul Basha
Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer