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...
[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]We are experiencing telephone system issues this morning affecting all inbound calls to all DREMC offices in nine locations. All support providers have been notified, and DREMC is awaiting their assistance. If you need to get in touch...
[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 EMC's ten Washington Youth Tour winners are gearing up for a week-long tour of our nation's capital! Watch the special feature produced by News Channel 5 that describes what these students will experience on the tour! The...
[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 has begun full deployment of the advanced meters following a successful pilot testing period in Coffee and Moore counties. The cooperative has employed a licensed contractor, Allegiant Utility Services, to change out existing electric meters across our service area with...
DREMC has scheduled a software update of its member database to begin at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 21. We expect the update to take approximately one hour. During this time, our members may not be able to pay their bills using our website or over...
Ten area high school juniors will tour Washington, D.C., June 8-14 as winners of DREMC’s Washington Youth Tour Writing Contest. Students wrote short stories on “Electric Cooperative: Going Beyond the Wires.” Winners of DREMC's writing contest are shown in the photos below. They are, from left,...
Online payment options make paying your monthly electric bills fast, easy and convenient. Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) reminds its members to use our secure, online payment portal on our website if you plan to pay your electric bill online. [caption id="attachment_25553" align="alignright" width="480"] From...
On Monday around 2:30 p.m., heavy rains took a toll on a small portion of the Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) service area in Bedford County, which resulted in a teamwork effort between electric co-op employees and the swift-water rescue crew from the Bedford...
Electric cooperative leaders took the voices of their members to Capitol Hill this week ensuring that our legislators understand the needs of rural Tennessee residents and other cooperative members across the nation. “From energy and economic development to broadband and rural commerce, electric co-ops have a...
[caption id="attachment_25440" align="alignright" width="296"] Fallen trees and limbs damage power lines resulting in many without power during last night's storm. Circled here is just one case of the damaged power lines across the area along Vaughn Lane in Cowan, TN.[/caption] Last night’s thunderstorm rumbled through the...
