Scrapbook of Images from the
50th Anniversary and Annual Meeting Events
of
Arizona’s Generation and Transmission Cooperatives
Employees at AEPCO’s Apache Generating Station watch
the 50th Anniversary tribute videos at the celebration
luncheon on June 1 before enjoying a barbecue lunch.
Retired SSVEC Executive Vice President & General Manager
Howard Bethel greets Arizona’s outgoing Executive Vice
President & CEO Donald Kimball during the welcome reception at the annual meeting.
L to R, Sierra’s Manager of Environmental Services Michelle
Freeark, Trevor Baggiore of ADEQ and Eric Hiser of Jorden,
Bischoff & Hiser, discussed environmental challenges during
the afternoon session at the annual meeting.
Employees at the Benson headquarters offices celebrate
AEPCO’s 50th Anniversary with a program and barbecue
lunch Thursday, June 2, 2011.
Arizona Corporation Commission Chairman
Gary Pierce was a speaker at the annual
meeting.
Sierra retired employee Dennis Criswell, left, receives a
Distinguished Service Award from Chief Financial Officer Dirk Minson at the evening’s ceremony.
L to R, Chief Financial Officer Dirk Minson, Chief
Executive Officer Patrick Ledger, AEPCO Manager
of Power Production Michael Nelson, Southwest
Transmission Cooperative Chief Operating Officer
James Burson and Sierra Southwest Cooperative
Services Chief Operating Officer Robert Hewlett
present management reports during the morning
session of the annual meeting.
Left to right, AEPCO Board President Reuben McBride,
John List, Kathy Buhl, Tom Hall, Krishna Murthy and
Ann Shankroff, all representing National Rural Utilities
Cooperative Finance Corporation, presented Donald
Kimball (center) with a special gift at the awards
dinner in commemoration of his retirement from the
cooperatives.
AEPCO retirees Geraldine Carlile and Dennis
Criswell were honored for their significant
contribution to AEPCO’s 50th Anniversary
history book. The book and commemorative
coin were given to the guests attending the
awards dinner.
Duncan Valley Electric Cooperative
Director, and Sierra Vice Chairman Johnnie
Frie presents the AEPCO Distinguished
Service Award to past DVEC Director Mike
Mortensen at the annual meeting awards
dinner.
SSVEC Director and SWTC Board Chairman Dan Barrera
presents retired SSVEC employee Pete Swiatek with
the AEPCO Distinguished Service Award at the annual
meeting awards dinner.
Touchstone Energy CEO Jim Bausell, left, presents the Touchstone
Energy Brand Champion Award to Communications and Public
Relations Manager Geoff Oldfather during the annual meeting
sessions.
The banquet room set up at the Omni Tucson National for
the evening awards dinner and award presentations.
Graham County Electric Cooperative Director Gene Robert
Larson, left, accepts an outgoing President’s service award
from AEPCO Board President Reuben McBride.
The Touchstone Energy hot air balloon was on
display at the Open House events in Benson, left,
and Apache Generating Station, above.