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Storms with high winds left the DREMC area with three broken poles and over 1,800 members without electricity across the service area. Hardest hit areas were Cowan, Sewanee and Lynchburg. Over 400 remain without power. Extra staff has been called in to help coordinate and speed restoration...

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DREMC will be running a software update on Wednesday, July 17, beginning at 6:30 p.m. that will interrupt member access to online billing and payment options as well as online outage reporting. This update will also temporarily interrupt your use of DREMC's mobile app. The...

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DREMC will be running a software update on Thursday, June 6, beginning at 6:30 p.m. that will interrupt member access to online billing and payment options as well as online outage reporting. This update will also interrupt your use of DREMC's mobile app. The software...