On Monday around 2:30 p.m., heavy rains took a toll on a small portion of the Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) service area in Bedford County, which resulted in a teamwork effort between electric co-op employees and the swift-water rescue crew from the Bedford...
Electric cooperative leaders took the voices of their members to Capitol Hill this week ensuring that our legislators understand the needs of rural Tennessee residents and other cooperative members across the nation. “From energy and economic development to broadband and rural commerce, electric co-ops have a...
[caption id="attachment_25440" align="alignright" width="296"] Fallen trees and limbs damage power lines resulting in many without power during last night's storm. Circled here is just one case of the damaged power lines across the area along Vaughn Lane in Cowan, TN.[/caption] Last night’s thunderstorm rumbled through the...
DREMC has been working on a project over the past several months to tie two substations together for improving reliability in Franklin County. To complete this power line upgrade, voltage conversions and switching must be completed, which will mean a three-hour power outage on Friday,...
Last week, Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) launched its newest youth education program, Experiments with Electricity, at Decherd Elementary School’s STEM Club after-school meeting. The students in the club, grades 3 through 5, learned how electricity is generated from our natural resources and how...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Duck River EMC is hosting six free workshops in March to teach members how to make their homes more energy efficient and get the most from their energy dollars. At this time, all workshops are filled except the...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]You're invited to join us for a come-and-go lunch to meet and talk with our two District 14 state senate candidates, Gayle Jordan (D) and Shane Reeves (R), who represent three counties which Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC)...
More than 200 electric co-op leaders from across the state were in Nashville on Jan. 29 and 30 for the 2018 Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association Legislative Conference. During meetings with legislators on Capitol Hill, co-op members and employees stressed the important role that co-ops play...
Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) members should be on guard for an electric bill payment scam that has hit DREMC members this week. The people behind this fraud use the name of Walter Griffin and instruct our members to pay their overdue electric bills, or they will be...
“December and January’s temperatures dipped to the teens and single digits, and the result is much higher electric bills than expected,” says Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) CEO and President Michael Watson....
