2019 Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Elections
Long after the votes were cast in the 2019 Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative elections, the balance of power between two competing factions on the Co-op Board of Trustees was still unclear. SUN Staff Writer Amanda Martinez was there every step of the way.
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The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative plans to sign a lucrative, 25-year solar energy contract with an Albuquerque-based company that emplo…
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In a first-of-its-kind meeting, member-owners, trustees and activists from New Mexico and Colorado rural electric cooperatives discussed renew…
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A bill to allow member-owners of rural electric cooperatives to meet quorum requirements with mail-in and proxy ballots passed through a state…
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Three members of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees have proposed changes to the Co-op bylaws that would allow mail-in…
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The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees limited the number of member-owners allowed to speak during the time for public …
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The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees voted to reject a series of bylaw changes from appearing on the ballot in the upcom…
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Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative member-owners in three districts will go to the polls in June to elect new members to the Board of Trustees.
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Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees Vice President and District 6 Trustee Leo Marquez said he is “sick and tired” of having…
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After 15 months on the job, Donna Montoya-Trujillo resigned her position as general manager of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative.
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The latest Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative interim general manager is the sixth person to hold the position in less than a decade.
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Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees President Nick Naranjo appointed members to the Election Committee during the May 24 Bo…
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Three candidates running for the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees plan to hold a series of meetings ahead of this month’…
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Elections for the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative District 4 Board of Trustees seat will take place on June 21 at the Co-op offices in He…
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A memo from a Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative contract attorney states Board of Trustees Member-at-Large John Tapia’s employment by Jerry…
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Elections for the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative District 5 Board of Trustees seat will take place on June 24 at Española Valley High Sc…
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An internal Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative email from 2017 shows that the Co-op could have saved at least half-a-million dollars by 2022…
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The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative sent a cease and desist letter to one of its own member-owners for a post he made on Facebook.
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The president of Northern New Mexicans Protecting Land, Water and Rights, Inc. sent a certified letter to the members of the Jemez Mountains E…
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After weeks of heated campaigning by Reform Candidates in the District 4 and District 5 Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees…
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A former Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees candidate is alleging the incumbent trustee who beat him in last month’s elect…
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The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees did not certify the election results for District 6 Trustee Bruce Duran’s June 26 u…
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Bruce Duran has been removed from the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees, but he plans to take the Board to court over his…
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Lucas Cordova will continue to serve on the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees, after a vote at the Monday meeting declari…
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Two suits filed in First Judicial District Court ask a judge to intervene and decide if actions taken during two July special meetings of the …
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Despite two pending lawsuits and lingering controversy over the June elections, the voting delegates of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperati…
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In his first meeting as president of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board on July 26, Leo Marquez stopped District 5 Trustee Stanley…
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Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative officials deny that they plan to raise rates for any customers despite passing a policy over seven months…
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A Santa Cruz woman reported Jemez Mountain Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees Secretary Nick Naranjo grabbed her buttocks, but no charges …
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First Judicial District Court Judge Bryan Biedscheid delayed a decision on whether to grant a temporary restraining order or preliminary injun…
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Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative officials denied a request by a District 6 member-owner that each Board of Trustees member, the general m…
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The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees added two lines to its Board Communication Policy Aug. 30 in order to strengthen th…
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Bruce Duran is once again the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees District 6 representative, changing the balance of power …
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A legal firm representing the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative sent a letter to the newly-reinstated District 6 Trustee Bruce Duran offeri…
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Four members of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees said they had no prior knowledge and were not part of the decision-…
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Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative District 6 Member-Owner Heather Nordquist filed a complaint Oct. 11 against Co-op contract attorney Charl…
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New Mexico State Police officers have attended at least eight public Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees meetings since Jun…
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The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees will decide Friday who will become the new District 4 Board Trustee and fill the em…
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First Judicial District Court Judge Bryan Biedscheid has given the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board and Co-op members who are suing …
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The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board elected City Councilor John Ramon Vigil as the new District 4 Ward B trustee after a heated mee…
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An official Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative message contains information that contradicts statements from legal representation of the Co-…
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An email exchange between Rio Arriba County officials and Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of trustees has gone missing.
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In a move that some are calling retaliation for whistle-blowing, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative fired Nathan Duran, the manager of the w…
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An anonymous letter, dated Dec. 9, was sent to the New Mexico Gaming Control Board reporting the Defense Against Jemez Co-op Corruption raffle…
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The Rio Grande SUN filed writ of mandamus against Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative on Monday over access to information.
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