A tradition since 1974 sponsored by Duck River EMC and featuring Ann Throneberry will come full circle this month when the 42-year run of delicious baking, cooking, party planning and gifting comes to an end. Throneberry says this will be the last year of Holiday Foods....
Duck River EMC has been recognized as a 5-Star Co-op by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) “Co-ops Vote” program for efforts to promote this important get-out-the-vote campaign at various events and through print and social media outreach. ...
Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) linemen answered the call for help to restore power in in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a category 3 storm that scraped the Atlantic coast of Florida on Friday after causing death and destruction in the Caribbean. Eight line workers...
The future of rural America in the 21st Century depends on broadband connectivity. This is why Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) has launched a broadband feasibility study in its service area. Information will be gathered from various sources, including surveys and meetings with business and...
Rate adjustments go into effect Oct. 1 for Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) residential members and commercial-industrial accounts. In addition, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will implement a wholesale rate increase. The TVA Board of Directors in September approved a 2% hike in the wholesale...
Among all the telephone and on-line scams involving threats to disconnect electric service and attempts to gain personal identity information or account numbers, now comes a new one: the “Redeem Redemption” con game. This fraud has been reported in Lincoln County and possibly will be attempted...
More than 250 Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) members, employees and guests gathered for the 2016 Annual Meeting and 80th anniversary observance Saturday, Aug. 20, at Tennessee Farm Bureau headquarters in Columbia. Five unopposed incumbent directors were re-elected to new terms, and board officers were...
Did you know that in the 2012 presidential election, participation by rural voters declined more than 18%? Politicians and special interests take note of such trends. They also know that, in the current composition of Congress, more than 80% of lawmakers have no rural constituents. This...
Duck River Electric Membership Corporation will hold its Annual Meeting of Members on Saturday, August 20th, starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Farm Bureau Headquarters located at 147 Bear Creek Pike, Columbia, Tenn. Those attending the meeting will have an opportunity to elect their representatives...
A report detailing the availability of broadband access in rural Tennessee says electric cooperatives are “well positioned to offer [this] service” and suggests the state should consider lifting restrictions that keep co-ops from providing fiber-optic infrastructure to their members. The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community...
