Mission
CLP delivers safe, reliable, affordable energy and services to our members while enhancing the vitality of our community.
Vision
We aspire to be the force that empowers opportunities for the benefit of our members and community.
Safety- Initiate participation in the Rural Electric Safety Achievement Program (RESAP)
- Participate in the NRECA Commitment to Zero 2.0 program
- Continue aggressive approach to safety improvement to avoid complacency at all levels of the organization
Member Communication & Action- Enhance member trust, support, and loyalty through intentional, transparent, and meaningful communications with members
- Establish a schedule of prioritized messaging objectives that align with CLP’s business strategy
- Utilize a variety of communications channels that target member segments cutting across all age groups and the seasonal/full-time categories
Financial Stability- Establish a clear definition of financial stability and sustainability, including target ranges for key financial ratios such as equity as a percent of assets and debt coverage ratios
- Provide board and staff education on cooperative financial fundamentals
- Develop a 10-year financial forecast including the base case and the ability to analyze “what-if” scenarios such as stress tests and major financial decisions
- Evaluate and possibly implement a conversion from PCS, the current core software suite, to NISC, the potential replacement
Human Resources- Ensure business continuity in the event of human resources transitions such as retirements, job changes, or family leave occurrences
- Implement consistent cross-training and information sharing between employees and departments
- Provide education and training to all employees to support excellence in their current roles and encourage growth along career paths
- Consistently provide appropriate information flow among the Board, CEO, staff, and employees
- Encourage positive work culture and morale by developing one or more incentive programs and/or team-building events
Balance Reliability, Cost, Equity & Renewables- Provide balanced educational materials to members to assist them in making informed decisions about distributed generation
- Mitigate financial impacts of distributed generation decisions of particular members on the broader membership
- Document CLP’s goals to balance reliability, cost, and renewables in its power supply portfolio including the need to manage the extent of financial losses and risk to our small cooperative.
- Document CLP’s decision tree and/or CLP’s requirements and parameters to enable commitment to a renewable energy or battery project as part of its power supply portfolio
Hardening Against Threats- Increase the physical security of the front lobby
- Increase the physical security of the headquarters campus with minor upgrades
- Increase the physical security of select substations with minor upgrades