Board Approves Rate Change
At its February 2025 meeting, Cherryland’s board of directors approved changes to the cooperative’s rates. The first phase of the two phase rate change will go into effect in April of 2025 and first appear on your bill in May 2025. For more information on these changes and how they impact your bill, visit cherrylandelectric.coop/rate-change.
Serve On Cherryland’s Board
Any qualified Cherryland member can be elected to serve a three-year term on the cooperative’s board of directors. Three directors will be elected at this year’s Annual Meeting, including two at-large directors and one Benzie/Manistee/Wexford County director.
To be nominated in 2025, candidates may file a petition with the cooperative’s executive administrative assistant starting the first day of March until 4 p.m. on the last business day of March. To receive a nominating petition, please fill out the board candidate interest form on our website.
Review Article III of the co-op’s bylaws on our website for more information regarding board nominations and the election process.
Cherryland Offers Five Scholarships
Cherryland offers five scholarships—three worth $4,000 ($1,000 for four years) for high school seniors and two for $1,000 each for adult scholarships (post-high school).
Applications for both scholarships are available on our website. The deadline for applications is Friday, April 4.
Save The Date For Cherryland’s 87th Annual Meeting
Cherryland’s 87th Annual Meeting will take place on Thursday, June 12. The Annual Meeting’s planned location is Incredible Mo’s in Grawn. Cherryland will provide updates regarding the 87th Annual Meeting in Michigan Country Lines, on our website, and through social media
Does chair land get any electricity from Canada? If so, how will our rates be impacted due to proposed tariffs by Canada
Hi David great question!
Cherryland’s power supplier, Wolverine, buys power on our behalf. While they have contracts to buy power from many sources, which helps keeps our power supply prices stable, they do not directly import electricity from Canada. The situation with these tariffs is constantly changing. We’re keeping a close eye on it and if we expect any major impacts to our members, we’ll be sure to let you know.
Hi David – we do not import electricity from Canada at Cherryland. And, our regional grid operator, MISO, gets less than 1% of its electricity from Canada. We are not concerned about any electric reliability issues from the tariffs. We are closely monitoring all of the tariffs for their impact on the raw materials and goods we use for our system maintenance and grid improvements as those would be most likely to impact our costs, and by extension, your rates. Right now, we don’t have any immediate concerns but it is definitely something we are watching and contingency planning around.
Thank you for following up on my questions. It’s nice to get feedback this quickly