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[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]In Tuesday’s Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen work session, representatives from Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) presented a proposal to upgrade the city’s 1,500 plus streetlights to LED (light emitting diode) fixtures to save money and...

DREMC will be performing a software update tonight beginning at 7 p.m.  The update is expected to last for about one hour. During this time, DREMC members will not be able to make payments by phone or using our website and mobile app. We apologize for...

[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="1/2"][vc_column_text]Today's edition of The Shelbyville Times-Gazette includes a story about DREMC working with Normandy officials to upgrade streetlights with LED fixtures. With special courtesy and permission from The Shelbyville Times-Gazette and Editor John Carney, DREMC is sharing...

[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="1/2"][vc_column_text]The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), in partnership with Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated (a TVA retiree organization), recently awarded five schools in the Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) service area grants totaling $21,500 for STEM (science, technology, engineering,...

[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]Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) is joining efforts with the Tennessee Environmental Council for the Tennessee Tree Day event on March 21. Tennessee Tree Day is an annual event that encourages Tennessee residents to order, plant and...

[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]More than 200 electric cooperative members from across Tennessee were in Nashville Feb. 4 for the legislative conference asking for commonsense rules to protect the state’s electric lineworkers. Representatives from DREMC met with nine lawmakers throughout the day...

[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]DREMC invites high school juniors across the cooperative’s service area to participate in this year’s Washington Youth Tour Writing Contest by describing in 900 words or less how electric cooperatives give their communities “The Power to Be.”...

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...