NASHVILLE – Red Boiling Springs High School students Haley Willis and Jadon Halliburton were in Nashville March 17-19 for the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association’s annual Youth Leadership Summit. The students were proudly sponsored by Tri-County Electric....
Nearly 100 high school students representing Kentucky’s electric cooperatives gathered at Kentucky’s Capitol on March 13 for the Frankfort Youth Tour, a program offering rising student leaders a personal understanding of American history, civic engagement and their...
The WR400 Deluxe NOAA Weather Radio uses digital S.A.M.E. technology to lock into your county’s warning system, giving you instant weather updates from the National Weather Service. The USB output on this alarm clock weather radio allows you to charge devices...
Each year Tri-County Electric partners with our statewide organizations in Tennessee and Kentucky to sponsor the Electric Cooperative Writing Contest. Winners also qualify for thousands of dollars in scholarships. High school juniors are asked to submit a short story...
In an effort to lower costs for our member-owners, Tri-County Electric requested a rate change from our regulator, the Tennessee Valley Authority. The approved change will allow Tri-County Electric to shift costs to the fixed portion (customer charge) of our member’s...
Effective October 1, 2023, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) increased wholesale rates to all distributors, including Tri-County Electric, by 7%. Tri-County Electric will pass the TVA increase through, resulting in an impact of approximately $6.50 increase/month...
Tri-County Electric will be utilizing text messaging as part of our Outage Management System. We now have the ability to text to share known outages with members. We will automatically include all members we have a cell phone number for, so please make sure your phone...
Tri-County Electric, Lafayette – Two students from Tri-County Electric service area spent a week in the nation’s capital as delegates of the 2023 Washington Youth Tour. Bailey Massengille, Red Boiling Springs High School and Anna Grace Blythe, Metcalfe County High...
Each year Tri-County Electric partners with our statewide organizations in Tennessee and Kentucky to sponsor the Electric Cooperative Writing Contest. Winners also qualify for thousands of dollars in scholarships. High school juniors are asked to submit a short story...
A nice crowd enjoyed Tri-County Electric’s Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 4, 2023, at the Lafayette, Tennessee office. The lucky winner of the $100 to start the meeting was Ms. Barbara Blankenship. Ron Alan Powell, Lafayette District Director, welcomed everyone to...
From the desk of Paul Thompson, Chief Executive Officer Please join us at our Lafayette office located at 405 College Street Lafayette, Tennessee, on Thursday, May 4, 2023, for Tri-County Electric’s Annual Meeting. Rural electric cooperatives meet with their...
Online bill pay can be a convenient and safe way to do business with Tri-County Electric and other service providers. However, it is important to use caution when completing financial transactions online. Third-party bill payment websites appear to be affiliated with...
TVA MEDIA ADVISORY KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Record-setting temperatures across the region continue to put intense pressure on the power system. The Tennessee Valley Authority and local power companies working around the clock in difficult conditions to meet this extreme...
The holiday cold weather is upon us. As of Friday morning, temperatures are averaging in the single digits across the entire region, pushing power demand past 30,000 MW. We expect power demand to remain near this level through Saturday. In an effort to conserve...
Alert to our Kentucky Member-Owners If you have more than one residential account with us, we will contact you by direct mail, email and text to alert you of the requirement for you to select which residential account is your primary residence. Member-owners can stop...
Tri-County Electric is a member-owned electric cooperative. We purchase our wholesale power from and are regulated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The three primary components of your residential electric bill are the Customer Charge, kilowatt hour (kWh)...
The motto of the Washington Youth Tour is “900 Words Can Change Everything”. Four students living in Tri-County Electric’s service area found this to be true by writing winning short stories explaining how electric co-ops are “Building a Brighter Tennessee” through...
By Abby Berry Solar energy is booming, and the future is brighter than ever. Through the use of rooftop solar panels, many homeowners can now harness the sun’s natural rays to produce their own electricity that’s environmentally friendly and cost effective. But with...
The Tennessee Valley Authority, in partnership with Tri-County Electric Cooperation and Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated (a TVA retiree organization), recently awarded Macon County High, Red Boiling Springs High, And Macon County Junior High School, $2,500.00 for...
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) made the decision to cancel the 2021 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour (also known as the Washington Youth Tour) amid concerns over COVID-19. For over 50 years, teens from rural America have been coming to...
A nice crowd enjoyed Tri-County Electric’s Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at Westmoreland High School in Westmoreland, TN. The lucky winner of the $100 to start the meeting was Ms. Elise Phillips. Tony Bentle, Westmoreland District Director, welcomed...
Tri-County Electric has become aware of some misleading information being shared to Co-op members concerning renewable energy projects. During this summer season, some solar contractors are becoming more and more aggressive. These contractors will call upon local...
We experienced brutally cold weather during the month of February. Your home uses much more energy during cold weather, even when your thermostat settings are the same. According to the National Weather Service Data out of Nashville, Tennessee, February temperatures...
UPDATED March 18, 2021 In a significant win for the electric cooperative program in Kentucky, the General Assembly approved legislation Tuesday that allows electric cooperatives to add broadband service, and earmarks $250 million in federal funding to encourage...
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) made the decision to cancel the 2020 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour (also known as the Washington Youth Tour) amid concerns over COVID-19. For over 50 years, teens from rural America have been coming to...
Tri-County Electric members now have an additional and convenient CASH payment option. We are participating in a program that allows our members to make payments at locations where many of our members currently shop. Follow the steps below to enroll in the...
In 2016, rural America played a big part in our national elections – 500,000 MORE rural voters went to the polls than in 2012. In 2018, we saw more candidates and elected officials visiting cooperatives than ever before and engaging in dialogue about rural issues of...
Don’t get scammed by the solar sales presentation promising to eliminate your monthly electric bill. As a distributor of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) power, Tri-County Electric supports our member-owner’s interest in solar energy. Unfortunately, many of our...
With the safety of our member-owners our top priority, Tri-County Electric announced a change in plans for the Annual Meeting that was to be held May 7, 2020 in Westmoreland, TN. Unfortunately, we were not be able to conduct our traditional celebration with our...
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It is important to keep electric poles clear for the safety of those who work on the power lines. Attaching items to electric poles is against the law. Attaching items to Tri-County Electric’s poles is prohibited not only by Board Policy, but it is also a violation of...
October 2020 – If you haven’t yet done so, it’s the time for Levelized Billing sign ups at Tri-County Electric. Levelized Billing is FREE and it averages those larger winter and summer bills with the rest of the year to produce a lower monthly bill. Best of all,...
Tri-County Electric’s 2019 annual meeting of the members was held on Thursday, May 3, 2019, at Macon County Junior High School in Lafayette. The evening began with an opportunity to watch an interactive trailer demonstration or take a ride in the bucket truck. Each...
The 2020 Washington Youth Tour Competition opens for this unforgettable trip. Your prize for showing the benefits of cooperative power: an unforgettable trip to Washington, D.C., June 19-25, 2020, with nearly 2,000 other students your age from across the country. Each...
Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation now has one central phone for all offices in the district. The new central phone number is: 1-800-369-2111. This replaces all local office numbers. While a number change is hard to get use to, this will be a local call from...
