Central Electric Power Cooperative Inc
Columbia, SC · EIN 57-0299350 · Rank 405 by total revenue
Central exists to provide reliable power delivery for the benefit of our members.
Money, Form 990 for tax year 2024
- Total revenue
- $1,607,586,867
- Total expenses
- $1,607,225,180
- Total assets
- $558,897,912
- Salary base (all salaries and wages)
- $9,522,242
- Salaries, other pay and benefits
- $13,419,281
- Employees
- 62
- Salary base per employee
- $153,585
"Salary base" is Form 990 Part IX lines 5 to 7. "Employees" is everyone who got a W-2 that year, full or part time. Form 990-EZ and 990-PF report pay differently; see About the data.
Leadership (48)
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Hochstetler | PRESIDENT & CEO | Officer | 40 | $1,504,812 |
| Mryan Thomas | SVP OF ADMINISTRATION & CFO | Officer | 40 | $536,608 |
| A Berl Davis | CHAIRMAN | Board, Officer | 7 | $47,307 |
| Douglas A Reeves | VICE CHAIRMAN | Board, Officer | 7 | $40,230 |
| E Paul Basha | CHAIRMAN | Board, Officer | 7 | $28,310 |
| Chad T Lowder | SECRETARY | Board, Officer | 7 | $19,370 |
| James Cole Price | EVP OF MEMBER SERVICES | Key employee | 40 | $522,522 |
| William Ware | SVP OF ENGINEERING & ENG SVCS | Key employee | 40 | $435,072 |
| Marcus Harris | SVP OF PLANNING & POWER SUPPLY | Key employee | 40 | $433,774 |
| Leslie Maley | VP OF PLANNING AND POWER SUPPLY | Key employee | 40 | $236,692 |
| Terry W Mallard | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $34,270 |
| Robert G Ardis III | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $32,408 |
| Mary B Sheridan | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $29,056 |
| Gary L Stooksbury | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $24,213 |
| James L Lovinggood | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $21,232 |
| G Keith Avery | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $20,860 |
| Charles E Adair | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $20,115 |
| B Robert Paulling | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $18,253 |
| Mark L Walling | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $18,253 |
| James M Bunton Jr | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $18,253 |
| David Efelkel | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $17,507 |
| Anita P Whitney | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $17,135 |
| H Wayne Dewitt | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $17,135 |
| Johnnie L Dickert | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $17,135 |
| James L Rowe | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $17,135 |
| Barbara F Weston | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $17,135 |
| Steve Chewning | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $16,762 |
| Kenneth T Carter | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $16,017 |
| Bruce Bacon | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $14,900 |
| James A Risinger | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $13,783 |
| Matthew D Stanley | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $13,783 |
| Andy McKnight | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $13,410 |
| Franklin C Blanton | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $12,665 |
| William L Fleming Jr | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $11,920 |
| Carolyn Boyd | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $11,547 |
| Travis Burriss | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $11,175 |
| Charles R Smith | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $10,803 |
| Franklin M Looper Jr | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $10,803 |
| Mitchell Rabon | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $10,430 |
| Brian W Broughton | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $9,685 |
| Charles R Sanders Jr | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $9,685 |
| Jeffrey M Lewis | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $8,940 |
| James C Spencer | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $8,940 |
| Dustin Catoe | TRUSTEE | Board | 0 | $5,215 |
| Chad E Stone | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $3,725 |
| James E Stewart Jr | TRUSTEE | Board | 5 | $745 |
| Michael Fuller | TRUSTEE - SEE SCHEDULE O | Board | 5 | None reported |
| Danny Shelley | TRUSTEE - SEE SCHEDULE O | Board | 5 | None reported |
Top 10 paid people listed
These 10 people received $4,936,456, which is 51.8% of the $9,522,242 salary base shared by 62 employees.
| Name | Title | Role | Hours/week | From this org | From related orgs | Other pay | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Hochstetler | PRESIDENT & CEO | Officer | 40 | $1,017,013 | $0 | $487,799 | $1,504,812 |
| Mryan Thomas | SVP OF ADMINISTRATION & CFO | Officer | 40 | $405,560 | $0 | $131,048 | $536,608 |
| James Cole Price | EVP OF MEMBER SERVICES | Key employee | 40 | $393,316 | $0 | $129,206 | $522,522 |
| William Ware | SVP OF ENGINEERING & ENG SVCS | Key employee | 40 | $281,174 | $0 | $153,898 | $435,072 |
| Marcus Harris | SVP OF PLANNING & POWER SUPPLY | Key employee | 40 | $329,810 | $0 | $103,964 | $433,774 |
| James Tindal | DIR OF TRANSMISSION DESIGN & CONSTR | Highly paid employee | 40 | $180,324 | $0 | $172,425 | $352,749 |
| Kenneth Motsinger | DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING | Highly paid employee | 40 | $225,592 | $0 | $87,137 | $312,729 |
| Gerald Fleming | DIRECTOR OF POWER SUPPLY | Highly paid employee | 40 | $209,092 | $0 | $100,492 | $309,584 |
| Todd Berrian | DIRECTOR OF RIGHT OF WAY SERVICES | Highly paid employee | 40 | $177,430 | $0 | $91,107 | $268,537 |
| Dinah Raven | CORPORATE CONTROLLER | Highly paid employee | 40 | $190,378 | $0 | $69,691 | $260,069 |
Sources
- IRS e-file return 202513169349307571 (Form 990, period ending 2024-12-31): readable copy at ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 57-0299350
- Organization website (as filed): www.cepci.org