SMECO
Rayner Blair represents St. Mary’s County on SMECO’s Board of Directors. Owner of Blair’s Jewelry and Gifts and Suntime Tanning LLC, Blair also serves as president of the Blair Real Estate Development Company.
Blair has served on the Board of Cedar Lane since 2013. He is a member of the St. Clements Island Museum and St. John’s Church. An avid boater, he is the current president of the Southern Maryland Boating Club. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland.
Blair has served on the SMECO Board of Directors since 1999. He served as Vice Chairman of the Board from 2013 to 2018. He currently serves on the Board Risk Oversight Committee, and is Chairman of the Capital Projects Committee.
He received the Credentialed Cooperative Director designation in 2005 and is pursuing the Board Leadership Certificate from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
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SMECO
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative was founded in 1937. Through the Rural Electrification Administration, the co-op received a loan of $165,000 to construct 175 miles of line to serve 600 customer-members. SMECO operated a generating plant at Popes Creek, Maryland, from 1938 to 1953. SMECO has had five general managers: 1938, Forrest Coakley; 1974, Walter H. Smith; 1989, I. Wayne Swann; 2003, Austin J. Slater, Jr.; and 2020, Sonja Cox. As of January 2020, SMECO served 165,000 customers and is one of the largest electric co-ops in the country. SMECO serves all of Charles and St. Mary's counties, the southern portion of Prince George's County, and all but the northeast portion of Calvert County.