An equipment failure and broken pole are to blame for a prolonged power outage in Coffee County. Originally affecting more than 400 DREMC members, the outage has been whittled down 100 households. Manchester line crews have been working since early morning to restore service. An automatic...
Duck River EMC personnel are watching weather forecasts closely today in case the wintery conditions predicted for the service area trend toward ice and snow accumulation that could affect power lines and trees. The National Weather Service forecasts mainly rain through mid-morning in southern Middle Tennessee,...
Thousands of Duck River EMC members don’t have access to broadband internet, and across Tennessee rural broadband availability is a hope, rather than a reality. The Department of Economic and Community Development wants to find out how many Tennesseans don’t have broadband access and the...
Duck River EMC’s online bill payment system will be down from 5 p.m. today (Friday, Jan. 22) until 1 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 23). This outage is necessary to install cyber-security updates. DREMC regrets the inconvenience, but protecting the personal and financial information of co-op...
As a reminder to our commercial agricultural members, Duck River EMC requests that tax-exemption certificates be updated as soon as possible. Current certificates expired on Dec . 31 and failure to provide an updated certificate will result in sales and use tax being charged on your...
Can you imagine life without electricity? Sometimes it is easy to flip the light switch without thinking about the work that goes on behind the scenes. Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) has been working behind the scenes to make the lights come on for...
Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) was honored with Top Tenn communication awards in recognition of work to educate and inform electric co-op members. The honor was presented during the annual meeting of the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association (TECA) in Nashville. DREMC received an award in...
Utility scams are a plague sweeping the nation, and Duck River EMC members are not immune. Criminals posing as co-op representatives try to bilk money from victims by threatening them with disconnection of electric service, fooling them into the purchase of electric meters and other...
Utility scams aimed at bilking money from Duck River EMC members continue to develop new twists, although sometimes con artists stray into the realm of the ridiculous. Such was the case when a co-op member in Marshall County received a scam call this week. Posing as...
Thank you for making the 2015 Holiday Foods program with Ann Throneberry a success! Those in attendance were treated to an exquisite display of Christmas décor and were able to view many of the recipes included in the cookbook. The extra cookbooks have been delivered...
