Author: gina warren

Due to a recent Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) wholesale rate increase and the discontinuation of its Pandemic Relief Credit, Duck River Electric (DREMC) residential members will experience an approximately 7% rate increase effective October 1. As a result of the TVA rate actions, DREMC residential rates...

[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]Learn how a few simple improvements can increase heating and cooling efficiency, lower energy bills, and create a more comfortable home at one of the FREE Home Energy Workshops sponsored by Duck River Electric Membership Corporation. Home Energy...

[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]Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) announced the election of Brian Riddle of Bedford County to serve a three-year term as board director for Zone 4 at its Annual Membership Meeting held on Aug. 19 in Lewisburg. “Congratulations...

[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="1/3"][vc_column_text]Five members of DREMC’s line crew volunteered to assist with power restoration efforts in north Georgia following a severe storm that caused major damage and, according to one source, left more than 350,000 residents without power across...

[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_single_image image="38988" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] In the event these plans change, DREMC will notify the membership on the website and our social media pages. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Elections will be held for a Zone 4 board director position serving Bedford and Rutherford...

[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] Four schools served by Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC), Community High School (CHS) in Bedford County, Huntland School and Sewanee Elementary School (SES) in Franklin County, and Hickerson Elementary School (HES) in Coffee County have been...

[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]Lily Ledford and Garrett LaLonde, both of Marshall County, joined high school juniors from across the state in Nashville for the annual Youth Leadership Summit sponsored in part by Duck River Electric Membership Corporation. “We congratulate these future...

[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]What began as 6,000 Duck River Electric members without power around noon today grew to more than 14,000 by mid-afternoon as sustained and damaging winds continued to wreak havoc on the electric system after a severe thunderstorm...

The Tennessee Valley Authority has notified DREMC that mandatory load reduction may be required to help ensure the grid’s stability during these unprecedented temperatures. TVA has not communicated when the DREMC service area may be impacted. These outages are anticipated to last 15 minutes at a...