Map showing the current district boundaries for the Lower Valley Energy Board of Directors. Coop members living in District 2 are invited to apply for an open board position. COURTESY PHOTO

Lower Valley Energy is currently accepting applications for those interested in representing District 2 on the cooperative’s Board of Trustees. Interested applicants should submit a letter of intent to Julia Shumway at jshumway@lvenergy.com by August 10.  The Board will interview applicants to select a representative who will serve until the June 2026 Annual Meeting, at which time this seat will be open for general election.

Qualified applicants must be a member of the cooperative and live within the boundaries of District 2, which includes the communities of Alpine and Freedom along with the portions of Etna and Thayne that are west of Highway 89. The towns of Wayan, Irwin and Swan Valley in Idaho are also part of the district.

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District 2 has long been represented by Fred Brog, who had just recently won re-election to the seat. However, Brog recently passed away due to cancer. He has served on the Lower Valley Energy Board of Directors for 37 years.

“Fred’s an institution and this was a religion to him,” commented Lower Valley Energy CEO Jim Webb during a live interview on SVI Radio. “His father was one of the founders of Lower Valley Energy. All that knowledge and institutional background is hard to replace. But the board does want to act quickly and fill the vacancy.”

According to Webb, the board will interview applicants on August 13 and select the new member. The selected candidate will fill the position until the next annual meeting which will take place in June of 2026. At that time a new election will be held, with the winner serving a two year term, which would be the remainder of the three year term Brog was just elected to.