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12 Jun

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15 May

[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 is honored to announce Jaycie Bateman as a recipient of the 2024 TVA Power Play Scholarship and Johnny Hayes Memorial Scholarship. The TVA Power Play Scholarships are awarded to high school seniors who excel academically,...

09:28 / News
09 May

[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 css=""]Crews are making progress today and have restored power to approximately 12,000 DREMC members following yesterday’s storms. Extensive and widespread damage has resulted in multiple poles, spans of wire, and trees down. Crews continue to assess...

13:15 / News
08 May

DREMC and TVA crews are responding to outages resulting from the severe weather system. Approximately 8,700 members were affected initially by the outages in Maury County. Two substations are affected, and TVA lost its feed to the DREMC Rally Hill substation. As the storm system continued...

20:07 / News
09 Apr

[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]Three schools served by Duck River Electric Membership Corporation, Cascade Middle School (CMS) in Bedford County and Broadview Elementary School (BES) and South Middle School (SMS) in Franklin County have been awarded a combined total of $12,500...

09:00 / News
29 Feb

The Board of Directors of Duck River Electric Membership Corporation has accepted the resignation of President and CEO Scott Spence. Spence is stepping down from his leadership role at the end of March. Spence, with extensive experience in the utility industry, served as DREMC’s President and...

21:29 / News
29 Jan

[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 is donating $6,500, which will be matched by Tennessee Valley Authority through its Community Care Fund, making a total of $13,000 available to assist charity organizations that partner with the cooperative’s Project HELP program...

17:39 / News
11 Jan

[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]On average, in an all-electric home, 50-70% of your monthly energy cost is from heating, cooling, and water heating. Simple yet impactful changes in how you use energy could help make a difference not only during the...

15:00 / News
06 Nov

Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) has contracted Osmose Utility Services to perform utility pole attachment inspections throughout the DREMC service area beginning Nov. 13. The inspection process will involve evaluating every pole attachment on the DREMC system and is expected to last until early summer...

16:51 / News
02 Oct

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...

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