ACE Elects 2021-2022 Officers

LINCOLN - The Public Alliance for Community Energy (ACE) elected Board of Director officers and at-large Executive Committee members for fiscal year 2021-22 at the ACE board annual meeting held Jan. 20.

Those re-elected as Board of Director officers for a 1-year term beginning April 1were:

• Andrew Devine, city administrator, Albion, Neb., chair

• Jeremy Tarr, city administrator, Plainview, Neb., vice chair

• Mike Palmer, electric superintendent, Sidney, Neb., secretary/treasurer.

Those elected to the at-large Executive Committee were:

• Nancy Kopejtka, city clerk/treasurer, Atkinson, Neb.

• Chris Rector, city administrator, Holdrege, Neb.

• Randy Horst, village board chairperson, Gurley, Neb.

• Dale Wilkinson, city council representative, Neligh, Neb.

• Mitch Lamm, city administrator, Burwell, Neb.

The Executive Committee assists governing the organization between board meetings as necessary.

ACE is the community-owned, not-for-profit retail natural gas supplier of NMPP Energy. It formed in 1998 to provide competition in the Choice Gas Program in Nebraska. As the only community-owned supplier in the Choice Gas Program, ACE supplies natural gas to more than 16,000 customers and includes 75 communities and one public power district in Nebraska in its membership.