Guatemala 2023

In 2023, a team of linemen from Oregon constructed an electricity distribution system to electrify homes and buildings in the village of Aleda Montañita de la Virgen in Guatemala.  The project was funded by money raised by Oregon’s electric cooperatives and was led by Roger Meader, a retired General Manager from Coos Curry Electric Cooperative. The project team included rural electrification experts from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and information specialists from Pioneer Utilities Resources and Golden Shovel.

Meet the Construction Team

  • Roger Meader, Project Manager, Retired General Manager of Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative

  • Jeromy Adamson, Journeyman Lineman, Harney Electric Cooperative

  • Clinton Curtis, Operations Manager, Hood River Electric Cooperative

  • Curtis Eggleston, Foreman, Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative

  • Matthew Ellis, Journeyman Lineman, Umatilla Electric Cooperative

  • Shawn Foultner, Apparatus Tech, Consumers Power

  • Justin Glenn, Apprentice 5th Step, Midstate Electric Cooperative

  • Tom Higgins, Foreman, Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative

  • Matthew Lyda, Journeyman Lineman, Umatilla Electric Cooperative

  • Timothy Moore, Journeyman Lineman, Consumers Power

  • Zachary “Tannar” Riekena, Apprentice Lineman, Hood River Electric Cooperative

  • Wyatt Shelley, Journeyman Lineman, Harney Electric Cooperative

  • Jason Sherman, Journeyman Lineman, Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative

  • Kyle Cota, Apprentice Lineman, West Oregon Electric Cooperative