Cherryland Makes Difficult Decision Not to Retire Capital Credits This Year

The cooperative made the difficult decision not to retire capital credits this year. A significant drop in energy sales due to mild weather paired with increasing cost pressures created some financial challenges for the co-op.

For more details on the decision, how the co-op is tackling those challenges, and a deeper dive on capital credits—be sure to check out the CEO column and a message from Cherryland’s CFO.

Cherryland Office Closed Over Holidays

In observance of the holidays, the Cherryland office will be closed on the following dates:

Thursday, Nov. 23, and Friday, Nov. 24, for Thanksgiving
Monday, Dec. 25 and Tuesday, Dec. 26, for Christmas
Monday, Jan. 1, and Tuesday, Jan. 2, for New Year’s

Line crews are on call to respond to any outages or emergencies. You can report an outage by texting OUT to 800-442-8616, logging into SmartHub, or calling us at 231-486-9200. Visit our website’s Outage Center for more details.

Members May Dispose Of Christmas Trees At Cherryland

Cherryland members are reminded that Christmas trees can be discarded at Cherryland’s office in Grawn. Trees can be dropped off on the right side of the Cherryland parking lot as you are driving in, just beyond where the two parking lots meet. This service is offered free to co-op members.

Cherryland Cares Awards $15,280 To Three Local Nonprofits

At its third-quarter board meeting, the Cherryland Cares board awarded grants to The Salvation Army Traverse City, Acme Christian Thrift Store & Food Pantry, and Dream Team Northern Michigan. Cherryland Cares has awarded a total of $45,970 in grants to area nonprofit agencies this year.

The Cherryland Cares board is comprised of five volunteer Cherryland members. The funds distributed by Cherryland Cares result from members electing to round up their monthly bills to the nearest dollar.

If you are an area nonprofit agency seeking financial help, fourth-quarter grant applications are due Friday, Dec. 1. For more information, please call Dawn Garrock at 231-486-9234 or

email at [email protected].