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Clifton Karnei

Former Executive VP & Gm · Brazos Electric Power Cooperative INC

Former Executive VP & Gm at Brazos Electric Power Cooperative INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Ambiguous identity This name matches 2 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$683K
Others who share this name
2

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as Former Executive VP & Gm of Brazos Electric Power Cooperative INC, based in Waco, TX.
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Received $683K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Executive VP & General Manager of Brazos Sandy Creek Electric Cooperative INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Clifton Karnei serves as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Texas's largest and oldest generation and transmission cooperative (established 1941) serving 68 counties and approximately 1.5 million customers. During the 2021 Winter Storm Uri crisis, he navigated the cooperative through unprecedented pricing challenges that contributed to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
Present

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative INC Former Executive VP & Gm · $312.1M revenue · Waco, TXTO PROVIDE VALUED SERVICE TO OUR MEMBERS AND CUSTOMERS BY GENERATING, PROCURING, AND TRANSMITTING RELIABLE POWER AT THE LOWEST COST.pay $1.1M → $683KFiled FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$683Kreported comp
Brazos Sandy Creek Electric Cooperative INC Executive VP & General Manager · $90.2M revenue · Waco, TXTO PROVIDE VALUED SERVICE TO OUR MEMBERS AND CUSTOMERS BY GENERATING RELIABLE POWER AT THE LOWEST COST.Filed FY2021 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Clifton Karnei

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Clifton Karnei 1 organization · Austin, TXElectric Reliability Council of Texas INC 10-10-90
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Clifton Karnei 1 organization · Arlington, VANational G&t Managers Association INC

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Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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Executive VP & Gm · FY2022
$1.1M
M
Executive VP & Gm · FY2024
$759K
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Vice President - Transmission Through 10/31/2024 · FY2024
$473K
K
CFO - VP of Corporate Services · FY2024
$432K
J
VP- Power Supply · FY2021
$382K
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Chief Risk & Compliance Officer · FY2024
$278K
K
Director of Member Services · FY2024
$256K
R
Chief Technology Officer - VP of Is · FY2024
$249K
T
Vice President - Generation · FY2023
$247K
D
Manager of Market Operations and Settlement · FY2023
$246K
D
Manager Fiscal Services & Controller · FY2024
$226K
M
Director of Project Mgmt & Bus Dev · FY2024
$225K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org