Membership

Nespelem Valley Electric Cooperative (NVEC) is a non-profit member cooperative serving approximately 1,533 homes, farms, and businesses throughout Okanogan County. We sell power only to the members of our cooperative. To become a NVEC member you must sign an application in which you agree to be bound by the rules and regulations of NVEC.

Under current regulations, you are required to pay a $225 membership fee, of which $200 is applied to your account after one year of payments made in full and by the due date each month. If you decide to leave the co op, $5 will be refunded to you as well. The remaining $20 is an account setup fee and is non-refundable. If a person has more than one account, only one membership fee is required.

New Account Requests

You may apply for electrical service by coming into our office during regular business hours. Our office hours are:

Mon-Thurs: 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Fri: Office Closed – Field staff  – (509) 634-4571 via answering service 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays.

You can call us at (509) 634-4571 or stop by the office at 1009 F Street directly behind Jackson’s Service Station in Nespelem.

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Fees

 

Returned check:	$25
Disconnect:	$62
Regular time reconnect:	$114
Overtime reconnect – 4hr min OT call in:	$540
Overtime reconnect – end of day (est. 2hr OT) – no call in:	$540

Other fees may apply under special circumstances.

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Rates & Line Extensions

Residential service costs are a $23.50 Facility Charge per month plus .0839 cents per kWh used.

NVEC contributes a fixed amount up to $1,800 for any New single phase, residential line extension. The New NVEC member is responsible for the rest of the cost of any additional new line extension at current market rates.

New NVEC customers will be charged the current market costs for a new transformer.
Existing NVEC Customers that request an upgraded service will pay the current market rate for the entire facilities upgrade and the cost of the new transformer.

New Residential Security lights are $750 to install and $7.34 per month thereafter.

Three-phase loads–such as commercial and irrigation accounts–are calculated on a case-by-case basis.

Contact our office to determine rates and line extension charges that would apply to your electric service needs.

For your convenience, we have our rate schedule information available for download:

• Rate Schedule A – Residential Service (PDF)
• Rate Schedule B – Commercial Service (PDF)
• Rate Schedule I – Irrigation Service (PDF)
• Rate Schedule LI – Large Irrigation Service (PDF)
• Rate Schedule LSL – New Large Single Load Service (PDF)
• Rate Schedule SL – Street Light Service (PDF)
• Rate Schedule W – Wind Machine Service (PDF)
• Rate Schedule Y – Yard Lights Service (PDF)