Touchstone Energy Cooperatives is sponsoring its 14th annual Community Service Project in conjunction with the NRECA PowerXchange Conference, being held in Nashville from March 6-9. As part of this annual initiative, participating Touchstone cooperative attendees visit the cooperative closest to the host city and complete community service projects. This year, Middle Tennessee Electric was chosen…
A big thanks to Middle TN Electric for partnering with the 3rd graders at Cason Lane Academy in a “hair-raising” presentation on electricity ⚡️. They were literally charged up and ready to go!
Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) President and CEO Chris Jones has received the 2022 J.C. Brown CEO Communication Leadership Award. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) presented Jones the award at the organization’s CEO Close-Up Conference Jan. 10 in Phoenix. According to NRECA, the J.C. Brown Award “recognizes an electric cooperative or public power district…
Middle Tennessee Electric came away as the most decorated utility from the Tennessee Valley Lineman’s Rodeo this weekend in Jackson, Tenn. Competing with utilities across the Tennessee Valley, MTE claimed seven of the 12 places in overall results across four categories of competition. Leading the way was MTE’s Logan Barber, who won overall lineman competition….
Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) held its Annual Meeting virtually Saturday for the second consecutive year. Due to concerns for member and employee safety, the meeting was streamed live from the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce. Per the cooperative’s bylaws, the results of the election for five seats on the Board of Directors were announced during…
Many Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) members are surprised to see their electric bills soar along side the temperature in the hottest months of the year. When sweltering heat arrives, it can be tempting to crank up the air conditioning to stay cool, but MTE says there are other steps your household can take to survive…
The City of Murfreesboro, in partnership with Middle Tennessee Electric, initiated a decorative streetlight bulb replacement project in downtown Murfreesboro that will result in energy cost savings. The LED streetlight project is tentatively scheduled to be completed before the Christmas holiday. “The vision for the Streetlight Project is to align decorative lighting with newly installed…
Middle Tennessee Electric celebrated the first year together with Murfreesboro Electric in a report to Mayor McFarland and the City Council. The 7-page report outlines the many benefits and accomplishments realized in the first year after the merger. In a letter introducing the report, Middle Tennessee Electric President and CEO Chris Jones stated, “I could…
Everyone loves sunny, warm days in spring. However, Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) urges members to be weather aware and not forget we’re in the spring storm season when the formation of supercell thunderstorms is most likely for our area. These are storms capable of spinning up large, deadly tornadoes. Last year, tornado deaths in Tennessee…
As a not-for-profit electric cooperative, Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) is exempt from certain types of taxes, but it is still one of the largest taxpayers to local governments through the ad valorem tax. The Latin phrase ad valorem means “according to value.” MTE’s infrastructure, including buildings, substations, transformers, poles and lines, must be assessed annually…