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New Apprentice Tap Penka

Western Cooperative Electric welcomes Thomas “Tap” Penka to the electric cooperative family as our newest Apprentice Lineman at our Olmitz outpost. Originally from Olmitz, Tap attended school at Otis-Bison and is very familiar with the southeast portion of our service territory.

For the past 10 years, Tap has been working as a journeyman electrician. Tap and his wife Lindsay have two kids with a third due to arrive in late September. They enjoy going to the zoo and barbecuing on the weekends. Being from the area and having prior electrical experience, Tap will be great asset to our Western team.

New Apprentice Hunter Folsom

Western Cooperative Electric welcomes HUNTER FOLSOM to the electric cooperative family as our newest Apprentice Lineman. Hunter, originally from WaKeeney, graduated from Trego Community High School in 2018. From there he enrolled in the Electrical Power Technology (EPT) program at Pratt Community College and completed a summer internship with Western last year after his first year in the EPT program. Hunter commented that he enjoyed every minute of his internship at Western.

When Hunter isn’t working, he enjoys hunting, fishing and just being outdoors. He also enjoys taking his dog hunting and learning with him each time. Hunter will be working at our WaKeeney location.

2020 Manager's Annual Report

Click the image the 2020 Annual Report from GM Tom Ruth