Randolph EMC

21 Jun

Randolph Electric Membership Corporation holds 85th annual meeting

Randolph RecordNewsenergy, Randolph Electric Membership Corporation, Randolph EMC, REMC

ASHEBORO — Randolph Electric Membership Corporation (REMC) celebrated its eighty-fifth annual meeting on Friday at Southwestern Randolph High School in Asheboro. The theme of the meeting was “Past and Future, Always Present.” The event kicked off with entertainment provided by The Harvesters. President Jerry Bowman called the meeting to order, and the cooperative’s general counsel, Aaron M. Christensen, presided over the meeting. Rep. Neal Jackson (R-Randolph) delivered the invocation, and the Southwestern Randolph High School Jr. ROTC presented the colors. Christensen announced there were 1,020 Cooperative members registered, either electronically or in person, which constituted a quorum. The attendance at…

19 Jan

Power restored after storm blows through

Randolph RecordNewsAsheboro, power outages, Randolph EMC, Winter Storm Izzy

ASHEBORO — Winter Storm Izzy struck Randolph County during the weekend, but power outages were mostly limited and crews worked to restore service quickly in many instances. By mid-morning Monday, Randolph Electric Membership Corporation reported that things were in good shape for its customers. “Crews worked into the late evening to restore damage from Winter Storm Izzy,” Randolph EMC said in a statement. “We’re happy to report no remaining outages at this time. We’ll continue to closely monitor conditions until the remnants of Izzy are long gone.” Across Randolph EMC’s five-county area, there were 1,865 members reported with outages. The…