Operation Roundup

Capital Electric began Operation Roundup in August 1997 to help raise needed funds for various organizations and individuals in and around its service area.

Since its inception, almost $300,000 in pennies collected through Operation Roundup has been donated to causes such as rural fire and emergency departments, children's groups, community improvement projects and persons in need.

Operation Roundup works by "rounding up" electric bills of participating Capital Electric customers to the next nearest dollar amount. The extra cents gathered are placed in the Capital Electric Charitable Trust, Inc. to be donated to qualified applicants.

A five-member board of directors for the Charitable Trust reviews the Operation Roundup fund applications and determines the recipients each year in February and August. All directors are Capital Electric members and elected to three-year terms to the Charitable Trust board by the Capital Electric Member Advisory Committee.

Current members of the Charitable Trust Board include Gordon Felchle, Goodrich; June Brown, Baldwin; Phil McKenzie, Bismarck; Patricia Ryberg, Bismarck; and Edwin McCarty, Bismarck.

If you are a Capital Electric customer and are not participating in Operation Roundup but would like to, contact us and we'll be glad to sign you up!