Join us May 12 for the 2026 Bluebonnet Annual Meeting!

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Bluebonnet staff members, above, gather at last year’s meeting at The Silos on 77 to greet the hundreds of members who attended.

Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative’s Annual Meeting will be on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at The Silos on 77, 1031 CR 223, Giddings. Registration is from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. The meeting will begin at 2:30 p.m.

The Annual Meeting is Bluebonnet’s biggest event of the year and one of the benefits of being a cooperative member. If you’re not able to make the meeting on May 12, you can still be represented by submitting a proxy form. 

Proxy forms will arrive in a blue envelope to your mailbox starting in March and must be returned to a Bluebonnet member service center by 5 p.m. May 5, or postmarked by that day.

Three seats on Bluebonnet’s Board of Directors are up for election this year. There is one candidate for the District 3 seat, Bastrop County: Roderick Emanuel (incumbent). There is one candidate for the District 4 seat, Lee, Milam and Williamson counties: Russell Jurk (incumbent). There is one candidate for the District 6 seat, Austin, Colorado and Fayette counties: Byron Balke (incumbent).

Roderick Emanuel
Roderick Emanuel
Russell Jurk
Russell Jurk
Byron Balke
Byron Balke

The three incumbent directors up for re-election are Roderick Emanuel, District 3; Russell Jurk, District 4; and Byron Balke, District 6.

 

A guide to your proxy form

 

Annual Meeting FAQs

Bluebonnet’s Annual Meeting is one of the many benefits of being a member of an electric cooperative. The meeting, held each year in May, offers members the opportunity to meet the Board of Directors, the general manager and co-op staff. Members who attend the Annual Meeting also elect directors and attend to any Bluebonnet business before the meeting.

Bluebonnet members can register from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Annual Meeting, held at The Silos on 77, 1031 County Road 223, Giddings. Upon arrival, Bluebonnet member service representatives will assist you with registration and enter you into a drawing for a door prize. To register, your name must appear on your Bluebonnet account. You can verify or add your name by calling a member service representative at 800-842-7708 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Please bring your driver’s license or a valid photo ID and your April bill to the Annual Meeting. Your April bill includes a QR code for quick registration. If you don’t have your paper copy, log in to your MyBluebonnet account and select Billing & Payments, then Billing History to print it. In the mobile app, go to Bill & Pay, then Billing History to access your April bill. A member service representative will also ask you to verify two pieces of information on your account.

Three seats on Bluebonnet’s Board of Directors are up for election this year. There is one candidate for the District 3 seat, Bastrop County: Roderick Emanuel (incumbent). There is one candidate for the District 4 seat, Lee, Milam and Williamson counties: Russell Jurk (incumbent). There is one candidate for the District 6 seat, Austin, Colorado and Fayette counties: Byron Balke (incumbent).

During Board elections, co-op members can vote for directors in all districts. The districts in the co-op’s service area were drawn along Bluebonnet’s service area boundary and county lines. The seven districts are represented by one to three directors in each district.

The Proxy Committee is composed of all Bluebonnet Board members whose terms are not currently up for election. This year’s Proxy Committee members are Ben Flencher, Robert Mikeska, Milton Shaw, Shana Whiteley, Debbi Goertz and Bryan Bracewell.

Completed proxy forms must be dropped off at any of Bluebonnet’s five member service centers in Bastrop, Brenham, Giddings, Lockhart or Manor, or postmarked by May 5, 2026, and mailed to:

Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative
c/o Survey and Ballot Systems
P.O. Box 46430
Eden Prairie, MN 55344-9751


If you need another proxy form, pick one up at any of the member service centers.

No, the proxy is valid only for the meeting specified on the proxy form.

Member service representatives will be available to help members with their cooperative business and answer any questions members may have. 

Survey & Ballot Systems is a third-party, independent vendor that specializes in administering corporate elections nationwide. It has the experience to efficiently and accurately tally proxies and votes while protecting members’ confidential account information.

Call a member service representative at 800-842-7708 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or email annualmeeting@bluebonnet.coop.

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