One of the seven Cooperative Principles is Economic Participation. As a member of the cooperative, you have the benefit of the return of patronage capital, or profit.  Capital credits reflect your ownership in the cooperative.  Your cooperative has returned nearly $19 million dollars in patronage capital checks to its members throughout the years. 

As you pay your energy bill, we utilize the revenue to grow, operate, and maintain a safe and reliable system.  Any revenue that is earned over and above these costs of doing business is called margins.  Your portion of allocated margins is then returned to you in the form of capital credits.  Every member gets a "piece of the pie."  

Account Reminders

If you move off Dunn Energy lines, please be sure to contact our office with your new address so we can continue to send capital credit retirements you are eligible to receive in the future. Every year we receive checks back from members who have moved and we don't have a forwarding address for. We will attempt to locate members by publishing a list of names every year in our Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News magazine and the Dunn County News.

In cases where the person is deceased, please call us if you know the contact information for a relative or benefactor who may have rightful claim to the capital credits. Any unclaimed checks will revert to the Wisconsin Federated Youth Foundation, Inc. The Foundation is a charitable tax-exempt trust established by the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association for educational purposes.

 

Inforgraphic showing how capital credits are earned