Annual Meeting 2022: A Return to In-Person
Despite the pandemic still being a backdrop to our daily lives, “living with it” has become norm and the motivation for OREMC to once again return to an in-person annual meeting, with a few adjustments based on lessons learned from our drive-in meetings the past two years. The 2022 OREMC Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, September 10.
"No Place Like Home" for OREMC's Newest Linemen
Okefenoke REMC is pleased to welcome four new linemen: Dakota “DJ” Clark and Alex Wilson are working out of OREMC’s Kingsland office, and Josh Grantham and Jesus Villanueva are working out of the Hillard office.
OREMC Rates Q & A
OREMC has announced its second power cost adjustment since July 1, 2022 due to increasing power generation costs as a direct result of the continual rise in natural gas prices. The new wholesale power cost adjustment will be effective September 1 and add an additional $.017022 per kWh. The following explains the price you pay for power and how and why it changes from time to time.
A Mission to Serve
For Pam Curtis it is not just a job, it is personal.
“My favorite thing to do is serve the employees,” Pam says with a hint of emotion in her voice. “As my job evolved and I was able to put myself into my work, I learned what I was best at—being an employee advocate. I like serving other people.”
Since joining OREMC nearly 30 years ago, Pam has had the opportunity to work with just about every employee. She started out as a personnel assistant filing insurance claims. Then she moved on to payroll, assisted employees with savings withdrawals, car loans, insurance questions/claims/bills and ran interference regarding long term, short term and workers’ compensation claims. In short, she became the “go to girl” for questions and information as the employees trusted her and knew she would work to resolve their issues.
Birdie Smith Reflects on 35 Years
It has been nearly 35 years since Byron “Birdie” Smith was part of a construction crew remolding OREMC’s headquarters building in Nahunta, when OREMC Construction Superintendent Culbert Johns approached him about working for the co-op. The rest, as they say, is history.
OREMC Announces 2022 Youth Award Winners
Okefenoke REMC is pleased to announce its 2022 OREMC Scholarship winners and the four students selected as delegates for the OREMC Youth Tour.
OREMC Foundation Accepting Grant Applications
The OREMC Foundation is once again accepting applications for its quarterly grant awards program. All applications must be received by Monday, April 4, 2022. Qualified organizations are invited to submit grant applications outlining their project plans and related funding requests.
OREMC Quilt Raffle Benefits Pinky Promise Foundation
Congratulations to Marcele Gillum, winner of the handmade, queen-sized quilt raffled off by Okefenoke REMC, raising $1,571.91 for the Pinky Promise Foundation in Callahan, Florida.
Enhancing OREMC’s System Capacity and Security
Two years ago, just as the pandemic was starting to set in, the March/April 2020 issue of our newsletter came out. The cover story was Keeping the Lights On: System Integrity, Capacity and Reliability. Little did we know at the time, how significant those efforts were in ensuring the functionality of critical infrastructure as the nation shut down, dining rooms became offices, kitchen counters became classrooms and being at home 24/7 became the norm. Since then, the pandemic has amplified the importance of our nationwide power grid. It has also revealed the expanded role electricity plays in our everyday lives.
OREMC Kingdom Care Donation Helps Expand Access to Healthcare
Okefenoke REMC Board Directors Jimmy Woodard and Craig Morgan were pleased to present a $2,500 donation to Kingdom Care, Inc., to assist their operations in providing healthcare to the working uninsured. Case Manager Lisa Mathis, APRN, and Dr. George Thomas gratefully accepted the donation, noting it would help as they ramp up services to new patients now that COVID infection rates were on the decline.
