The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled, “Governance and Financial Accountability of Rural Cooperatives: The Pedernales Experience” on Thursday, June 26, 2008, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
The hearing examined questionable practices at the Pedernales Electric Cooperative and whether the Pedernales experience provides insight into the practices employed by other electric cooperatives around the country. A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available.
In addition, the following two witnesses have been subpoenaed to appear before the Committee: