Surplus Equipment Auction Scheduled
OREMC will be holding an auction of surplus and salvage equipment at the headquarters office in Nahunta on Saturday, November 6, 2021. Many items will be offered to the general public for bid. Gates will open at 8 a.m. for inspection of items offered for bid, with sales beginning at 9 a.m.
Helping You Make Sense of Solar
Interested in solar energy but not sure where to start? Our energy advisors at OREMC can help you navigate the option that make the most solar sense for you. Here are some key things to consider:
Event Update: Drive-in Annual Meeting
The OREMC 82nd Annual Meeting of the members will be held on Saturday, September 11, 2021. Due to COVID-19 this will be a drive-in annual meeting staged at the Brantley County Middle School, U.S. Highway 82 W, Nahunta, Georgia.
OREMC Establishes Charitable Foundation
OREMC is pleased to announce the establishment of the Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation Foundation (Foundation). The Foundation will serve as a launchpad for a community development initiative supporting education, community health and economic development in the six Georgia and two Florida counties the co-op serves. Application deadline for grant requests is September 27.
OREMC Welcomes Plug Power
OREMC is pleased to welcome our newest business/industrial consumer-member Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a leading provider of hydrogen solutions. They will be building a green hydrogen production plant in Camden County, Georgia, to serve customers across the southeastern United States.
System Maintenance/Pole Inspections in Brantley and Nassau Counties
Okefenoke REMC will begin pole inspections on its distribution system in parts of Brantley County in Georgia and Nassau County in Florida. About 8,000 poles will be inspected.
OREMC Celebrates Employee Service
OREMC held its first company-wide employee appreciation event in two years to honor employees and spotlight service awards.
Straight Talk on Solar
Solar power is taking center stage as a powerful renewable energy resource that has many electric consumers considering going green, going off the grid and hoping to save money on their energy costs by installing solar at home. To help consumer-members better understand their solar options, OREMC Member Service Representative Dewayne Johns candidly addresses some of the common misconceptions about residential solar, explains the Cooperative Solar alternative and the amount of solar already in OREMC’s power supply mix.
New “Pay Where You Shop” Bill Payment Option
Beginning Monday May 3, Okefenoke REMC consumer-members will have a new bill payment option—paying their OREMC bill where they shop. Authorized payment locations will include stores such as Dollar General, Family Dollar, CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens, accepting cash payments only.
A Final Read: Ricky Nichols Retires
Fishing, gardening, woodworking and time with the grandkids. Those are the things Ricky Nichols, OREMC Apparatus Technician, is looking forward to as he steps into retirement on May 12, 2020, after 35 years with the co-op.
