Grow your summer energy savings
Fresh, homegrown food — whether it’s shopping at the local famers’ market or sharing the abundance of garden tomatoes with a neighbor — is one of the best parts of summer. It’s amazing how just a few seeds, some fertilizer and water can turn into a bounty.
Directors receive credentials
The Director Gold credential recognizes directors committed to continuing their education and who desire a tangible credential that demonstrates their ongoing commitment to advancing their knowledge and performing their fiduciary duty to the best of their ability.
Accepting Sealed Bids for Used RMEC Vehicles
Beginning May 1, 2024, Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative will accept sealed bids in our Mena Office. Anyone interested may bring in their sealed envelope, marked BID ENCLOSED, or mail it to P.O. Box 897, Mena, AR 71953
Whatever it Takes - Powering life from a lineworker’s perspective
Lineworkers are ranked as having one of the 10 most dangerous jobs in the country. The lineworkers at Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative work rain or shine, in often challenging conditions, to ensure you have reliable electricity.
Move over: It’s the law
Please remember to slow down and move over when approaching roadside work zones and electric cooperative vehicles working on the side of the road. Work Zone Awareness Week is April 15-19.
Dig Safely - Know what’s below before digging
April is a great time to start outdoor projects. It’s also Safe Digging Month.
The Balance of Power
The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, consisting of the generation and transmission cooperative, a statewide association and 17 local distribution cooperatives, provide a balance of power by utilizing diverse generation resources that will provide reliable, affordable baseload power for the nearly 1.2 million electric cooperative members across Arkansas.
Restoring power safely and efficiently
We do our best to avoid them, but there’s no way around it: power outages occasionally happen. Most of the time outages are rare and only last a few hours. But if major storms impact our area, extended outages can be unavoidable.
Four factors that may impact your electric bill
Bill higher than usual? Here are four possible causes: