Hays County resident Kathi Thomas today announced her candidacy for District 4 Board of Directors for Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) in the 2022 election. Thomas is running to bring strong leadership to the District 4 Board position. “We need a board member who will be a leader, think creativ...

Portions of Hays County will be getting a new representative on the board of the Pedernales Electric Coop (PEC). Jim Powers has resigned under a cloud of conflict of interest. Powers, who represented District 4, turned in a letter of resignation on Sept. 20 with an effective date of Oct. 1. In the l...

P EC board member Jim Powers has just resigned, apparently because of conflicts of interest that he failed to manage, and the episode raises troubling questions that need to be addressed by our electric power co-op. Powers is a former Hays County judge, and a prominent Republican who had previously ...

Allegations of impropriety have been levied against two of three candidates running in a District 4 Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) board of director’s race that’s grown divisive in recent weeks.  Joe Pool, a Dripping Springs area attorney and candidate in the District 4 race, alleges incumben...