Ownership Rewards Questions

To donate your Ownership Rewards check to the cooperative – which will be assigned to our member assistance program – sign the check on the back. Below your signature, write: “Deposit to Project Helping Hand (PHH) Fund at Adams County Community Foundation (ACCF).” Mail the check with your bill payment, or in a separate envelope to:

Adams Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Project Helping Hand Fund at Adams County Community Foundation

1338 Biglerville Road

P.O. Box 1055

Gettysburg, PA 17325-1055

The amount you are allocated in a year is based upon the amount of electricity that you used during that time. That allocation grows every year that you purchase electricity from the co-op.
The actual amount is indicated on your April or May electric bill. Each year, a percentage of that allocation can be retired or returned to you. If you are due more than $10 in Ownership Rewards, you will receive a check.

After you move off the co-op’s lines, your allocation remains on the books and in your name until it is retired in full — a process that can take up to 18 years based upon the current retirement method. Because of that, if you move off our lines, you must keep Adams Electric updated on your new address(es) so you will continue to receive future rewards on time. Unclaimed Ownership Rewards is returned to current members through scholarships and member assistance.

Ownership Rewards for a deceased member may be paid out early (at a discount) without waiting for the general multi-year retirement process to take place. However, that is not automatic. A representative of the estate must submit the proper forms first. If an early retirement is approved by the board, a check will be issued to the estate for the discounted amount.

Ownership Rewards Questions

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Ownership Rewards FAQs

What is Ownership Rewards?

Where does Ownership Rewards come from?

How do I donate my current Ownership Rewards back to the cooperative?

How exactly is Ownership Rewards calculated?

Will I receive Ownership Rewards every year?

What happens to my Ownership Rewards when I leave Adams Electric?

What happens when a member or former member dies?

Do investor-owned utilities pay Ownership Rewards?

What percent of my allocation is normally returned?

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