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Our Mission

Our mission is to enhance our members' quality of life by providing exceptional services that are reliable, affordable and safe.

 

A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT AND CEO DAN RODAMAKER

DRThank you for visiting Gibson Electric Membership Corporation's website. As a cooperative, we are exclusively dedicated to service. We are nonprofit and member-owned; our mission is simply to provide you with safe and reliable electric service at an affordable price.

We purchase electricity from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). TVA delivers the electricity through its generation and transmission system to Gibson EMC's 20 substations. The voltage is lowered at our substations and delivered to our almost 39,000 members over 3,500 miles of line in eight west Tennessee counties (Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion and Madison) and four west Kentucky counties (Carlisle, Fulton, Graves and Hickman).

About 76 cents of every dollar we collect from our members goes to TVA to pay for the cost of electricity and any net margin after meeting expenses is reinvested in our members' electric system.

Gibson EMC is a local, grassroots, service organization. Our board of trustees and employees are your friends and your neighbors. Whether adding new technology, services or programs; strengthening our physical electric system, or supporting our communities, our focus is always on you, our member-owner.

 

Our Energy, Our Future

Gibson EMC strives to be environmentally responsible and do our part to advance "green" energy. Partnering with TVA, we offer the Green Power Providers and Green Power Switch programs, in addition to exploring the possibility of an Extended Range Electric Vehicle in a rural setting.

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Staff & Service Centers

Gibson EMC's corporate office is in Trenton, Tennessee. Our satellite member service centers are in Alamo, Hickman, Medina, Tiptonville, Trenton and Troy. Click the link below to find a Member Service Center near you or meet our Board of Trustees and Management Staff.

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Electrical Safety

One of the most important messages we communicate is electrical safety. While electricity enriches our lives in countless ways, electricity also can be dangerous, even fatal. Knowing what situations to avoid and how to respond to circumstances involving electricity can save your life.

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Member Communications

Like our member-owners, our board and employees live right here in Northwest Tennessee and West Kentucky, and we care about our communities. In addition to providing electricity, we do all we can to improve our members’ quality of life. Visit the link below to stay in touch.

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Vegetation Management

To help protect your safety and your service reliability, Gibson EMC has a vegetation management program. Our program adheres to the guidelines established by the National Arbor Day Foundation. Click the link below for more information about improving your service reliability and safety.

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Community Outreach

Gibson Electric Membership Corporation strives to demonstrate cooperative principles by providing its members and their families with educational experiences that will develop exceptional leaders both now and in the future. Visit the link below to learn more about the programs and educational trips we provide.

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OUR GOALS

Provide Reliable Utility Related Services

We will operate, maintain and improve the system to provide quality service and minimize the number and length of power interruptions.

Maintain Financial Integrity

We will operate in a fiscally responsible manner by controlling costs and maintaining a sound balance of equity and debt, while providing competitive rates.

Provide Quality Member Products and Services

We will offer programs and services that are convenient, cost effective and provide member benefits.

Be A Good Corporate Citizen

We will enhance the quality of life in our service area by supporting economic and community development; and we will operate and maintain our facilities in an environmentally friendly manner.

Promote Healthy Employee Relations

We will maintain a well-trained workforce and create an environment that emphasizes equal opportunity and safety, provides competitive wages and benefits, and encourages service and career commitment.

WHAT IS A COOPERATIVE?

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A cooperative is a not-for-profit organization, owned and controlled by the members it serves. An electric cooperative exists to provide reliable electricity to its members at the lowest possible cost and operates according the following seven principles. . .

1. Voluntary and Open Membership

Cooperatives are voluntary organizations, open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination.

2. Democratic Member Control

Cooperatives are democratic organizations controlled by their members, who actively participate in setting policies and making decisions. The elected representatives are accountable to the membership. In primary cooperatives, members have equal voting rights (one member, one vote) and cooperatives at other levels are organized in a democratic manner.

3. Members’ Economic Participation

Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of their cooperative. At least part of that capital is usually the common property of the cooperative.

4. Autonomy & Independence

Cooperatives are autonomous, self-help organizations controlled by their members. If they enter into agreements with other organizations, including governments, or raise capital from external sources, they do so on terms that ensure democratic control by their members and maintain their cooperative autonomy.

5. Education, Training & Information

Cooperatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers, and employees so they can contribute effectively to the development of their cooperatives. They inform the general public, particularly young people and opinion leaders, about the nature and benefits of cooperation.

6. Cooperation Among Cooperatives

Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative movement by working together through local, national, regional, and international structures.

7. Concern For Community

While focusing on member needs, cooperatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies accepted by their members.

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