A new leader has been selected to helm Pedernales Electric Cooperative months after the company’s former CEO resigned following allegations of intimidation against employees.   Julie Parsley was selected by PEC’s board of directors to lead the cooperative, according to a press release. Parsley is a ...

by Kathy Scanlon and Patrick Cox, Ph.D. Recent decisions by the PEC Board of Directors leading to the departure of CEO John Hewa have set off alarms and serious concerns about the future of our co-op. We were the first two PEC board members who were fairly elected in a democratic election of all PEC...

eaders, we own PEC and pay its employees including the Board Members. James Oakley, the main subject to the troubling reporting in last week’s HFP editorial , actually receives two paychecks. All elected and hired employees are required to represent the best services for PEC users in maintaining and...

The Pedernales Electric Cooperative will soon be searching for a new leader after the board of directors accepted the resignation of CEO John Hewa last week. The move, on a 5-0 vote with directors Amy Akers and Kathryn Skanlon absent, comes roughly a week after Hewa levied allegations of intimidatio...

he clouds that stormed the region last week portended a dark time for PEC members. The co-op’s general manager, John Hewa, resigned, citing pressure and harassment from board members. Hewa has been widely acclaimed for the fresh air he injected into PEC management. Smart, forward-looking, hard-worki...

Allegations of intimidation of Pedernales Electric Cooperative employees who spoke against racially insensitive comments made by a board director last year are being made by the company’s top leader. John Hewa, PEC chief executive officer, said during a May 15 PEC board meeting he has “witnessed and...

By Dale Roberson When Pedernales Electric Co-op (PEC) members gather for the annual membership meeting in Cedar Park June 21, they will be introduced to a co-op that looks different than in the past. That’s what new CEO John Hewa and PEC Board President Patrick Cox are hoping. The change follows a r...