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...

Pedernales Electric Cooperative officials will decide the fate of a co-op board member who posted violent and racist comments on his personal Facebook account late last month. According to reports, James Oakley, vice president of the Pedernales Electric Co-op board, posted a comment on an article on...

Hays CISD Education Foundation Board members were appreciative of a $2,000 donation from PEC recently.Celeste Mikeska, representing PEC, presented Foundation President Rob Dahse and a contingent of Foundation Board members with the check, which came from funds fromPEC’s Bright Lights Bright Minds Co...

    Staff report  Pedernales Electric Cooperative is warning members of a phone scam where impostors posing as cooperative employees are attempting to collect payment. The same impostors are also reportedly threatening to disconnect service if payment is not made.  According to a press release on th...

The electric rates adopted recently by the Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc.  (PEC) Board of Directors continue to gouge consumers receiving single-phase electric service – over 99% of consumers in the Residential and Farm/Ranch and Water Well rate classes and over 82% of consumers in the Small ...

by Moses Leos III    H aving grown up around electricians, Eric and Derrick Hoffman knew at an early age what their calling was. But when they studied sustainability at Texas State University, the two realized they would focus on harnessing the power of the sun. That energy source is “proven”, Eric ...

Heavy hearts in Hays County tonight as earlier this evening, Kyle resident Doug Kadjar passed away. According to friends and family, he was recently diagnosed with cancer. A Hays County resident since 1989, Kadjar was an investment property manager and was a realtor for 15 years. He served six years...