The Bandera Electric Cooperative Board of Directors has recently approved a 67% increase in capital credit payments to the membership, which should put more money in its members’ pockets. The amount being paid out will increase from $1.5 million to $2.5 million systemwide, in addition to the $200,000 paid out to estates and disconnected accounts, BEC said in an Aug. 4 news release. Capital credits represent each member’s ownership of the cooperative. Margins associated with those credits are allocated to the members of the cooperative based on the annual amount paid for electric service, which varies from year to year. When revenues exceed ...