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Modern Electric Water Company, a customer owned utility, strives to provide reliable and efficient electric and water services at the lowest possible cost.

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Baker & Taes Re-elected at Annual Meeting

Congratulations to Barry Baker and Chuck Taes on their re-elected to Modern  Electric Water Company's Board of Directors.  The election took place on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at the annual shareholder meeting held at The Luxury in U-City.

Special thanks goes out to Tom Groesbeck and Elaine Swanson for their interest in the open board positions.

The company wishes to express appreciation to the members of the Nominating Committee: Dean Riddle, Cecil Whipple, and John Ericksen for their work on this year’s nominations for the Board of Directors.

Electric Fuel Mix Report for 2008

The Washington State Legislature passed a House Bill requiring electric utilities to report the fuel mix of the electricity that they sell to consumers. Modern Electric Water Company purchases all its electricity from Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). According to our power sales contract, BPA’s power is made up of the following mix of energy sources:

Electricity generated from hydro projects        82.85%

Electricity generated from nuclear                 11.85%

Electricity generated from coal                       3.59%

Electricity generated from natural gas             1.47%

Electricity generated from biomass                 0.11%

Electricity generated from petroleum              0.04%

Electricity generated from waste                   0.07%

Electricity generated from landfill gases          0.01%

Electricity generated from other                    0.01%