Each year Consumers Energy members meet at the cooperative's Annual Meeting and participate in director elections. The Annual Meeting is held to discuss the business of the co-op, and director elections are held to elect directors to represent the membership by serving on the Board of Directors. Reports are presented by the President, Secretary-Treasurer, CEO/General Manager, and the Election & Credentials Committee Chairperson to announce election information and results. This meeting is typically held at the cooperative's headquarters location at 2074 242nd Street, Marshalltown.

In accordance with the Articles of Incorporation of Consumers Energy, the Board of Directors must appoint a Nominating Committee to select names as director candidates to be placed on the ballot and voted on with ballots counted at the Annual Meeting. Annually, the Nominating Committee is appointed by the cooperative's Board of Directors, and the committee begins the process of finding members who are interested in potentially becoming a director of the co-op. 

The Nominating Committee also serves as the Election & Credentials Committee that oversees the voting and director election process before and during the Annual Meeting. The Election & Credentials Committee shall have available to it the advice of legal counsel provided by the cooperative. The committee's decision on any voting process issue is final, as reflected by a majority vote of the committee members present and voting. 

All cooperative members have the right to vote and are encouraged to vote in person at the Annual Meeting or by mail with the ballot that is included with the Notice of the Annual Meeting of Members that is mailed to all Consumers Energy members.

Would you like to be a director? Or do you know someone who would be a great director? Submit board candidate nominee suggestions to the cooperative office by selecting this link or by mail at:

Consumers Energy
ATTN: Nominating Committee 
2074 242nd Street
Marshalltown, Iowa  50158