Marshall county native Lyn Stacey was elected to fill the vacated board seat in Zone 5 (Marshall and Giles counties) after the retirement of long-time board member Kenneth Stacey. Stacey defeated challenger Will Wilson by a margin of 147 to 103 in the election held...
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According to the dictionary, patriotism is “the love for or devotion to one’s country.” Perhaps no other day evokes such a sense of patriotism than Independence Day. With flags waving, red, white and blue bunting decorating porches and store fronts and local parades and marching...
The DREMC offices will be closed on Friday, July 13, 2018 from 12 noon- 5:00 p.m. to allow employees to attend funeral services for lineman Dean Batey, who died following a job-related accident on July 9. Emergency service will be provided. In the case of a...
Duck River Electric Membership Corporation senior lineman Dean Batey, of the Coffee County and Manchester area, died from injuries sustained in a fall as he tried to escape a bucket truck fire on July 9. An investigation is currently underway to determine the cause of...
DREMC has scheduled network maintenance for Wednesday, July 4, beginning at 9:00 a.m. During this time, members will be unable to make payments of any type. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our members, and we appreciate your patience and understanding ...
There are currently just over 300 DREMC members, mostly in the Columbia area, without power this morning. Overnight about 100 employees of DREMC and contract crews worked to restore electric service after a long and hazardous day working to rebuild our damaged system, while also...
[caption id="attachment_25879" align="alignright" width="306"] This photo was taken along Hurt Road in Chapel Hill. A pole was broken beneath the cross arms after a fallen tree weighted down the line and caused the pole to snap.[/caption] OUTAGE UPDATE: At 5:30 p.m. today, some 5,600 DREMC members...
The majority of today's outages are caused by equipment damage inside TVA's Marshall County substation, which supplies power to much of the western DREMC service area. Lightning, fallen trees and downed power lines took a toll on the power grid earlier today affecting approximately 9,000...
Today's thunderstorm brought heavy rain and wind gusts through the DREMC service area leaving widespread power outages in Manchester affecting over 3,400 residents. Damage to DREMC's system includes three substation breakers out, multiple trees are down, which left several spans of electric wire down and poles...
