Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO)

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SMECO is a cooperative that provides electricity service for southern Maryland. SMECO was formed on Feb. 5, 1937 as the Southern Maryland Tri-County Cooperative Association, facilitated by President Franklin Roosevelt's Rural Electrification Administration (REA). Southern Maryland at the time was not lucrative enough a market to draw private capital to create a commercial electric utility. In the end, this was a blessing for customer-owners. SMECO rates are far lower than those paid by fellow Marylanders in area serviced by for-profit corporations.

SMECO headquarters is based in Hughesville, Maryland.

Management

Executive Officers

Salaries paid to SMECO executives in 2005. Source: Md. PSC.
  • Ken Capps, Vice President, Engineering and Operations and Chief Operating Officer (2005 Salary: $186,063)
  • Sonja M. Cox, Vice President, Financial and Economic Services and Chief Financial Officer
  • Mark A. MacDougall, Vice President, External Affairs and General Counsel (2005 Salary: $200,203)
  • Frank Mudd, Jr., Vice President, Human Resources (2005 Salary: $137,060)
  • Joseph Trentacosta, Vice President, Information and Customer Services and Chief Information Officer (2005 Salary: $158,655)

Note: All salary figures based on the 2005 Annual Financial Report SMECO files with the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC).

Board of Directors

Board Officers

  • Joseph V. Stone, Jr., Chairperson
  • Samuel J. Hammett, Vice Chairperson
  • Kenneth L. Dyson, Secretary-Treasurer
  • Fern G. Brown, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

Directors by County

  • Calvert County
    • Samuel J. Hammett
    • W. Michael Phipps
    • Nancy W. Zinn
  • Charles County
    • John H. Bloom
    • Gilbert O. Bowling
    • Fern G. Brown
    • Kenneth L. Dyson
    • Richard A. Winkler
  • Prince George’s County
    • Daniel W. Dyer
    • James A. Richards
  • St. Mary’s County
    • Samuel M. Bailey, Jr.
    • W. Rayner Blair III
    • J. Douglas Frederick
    • Francis E. Hewitt
    • Joseph V. Stone, Jr.