OREMC Wins Best of Camden
For a second year in a row, OREMC was named Best Utility by our members in the 2024 Best of Camden County Readers’ Choice Awards.
OREMC Reliability By the Numbers
Reliability. It is part of the three-legged stool that makes up the OREMC mission statement: To provide safe, reliable and affordable energy to our members. We have spoken a lot about reliability, and our focus on enhancing it, over the past several years. So how are we doing?
Annual FFA Wiring Practice Session Held
They say practice makes perfect, and for the 10 students representing five different schools at the recent Wiring Contest Practice session held at Brantley County High School and sponsored by OREMC, they couldn’t agree more.
Now Accepting Applications for Scholarships and Youth Tour
A new year brings new opportunities for high school seniors and juniors attending school in the OREMC service area to apply for scholarships or a trip of a lifetime as an OREMC Youth Tour delegate. The 2025 application deadline for both programs is Monday, January 20.
OREMC Honored for No Lost Time Incidents
OREMC was recently recognized for one year without a lost time injury in the workplace or in the field, an impressive accomplishment given the complexity and inherent dangers of working with electricity in the utility industry.
OREMC Provides Teachers Lessons in Power
OREMC hosted four Glynn County educators over two days in October, immersing them in the day-to-day operations and getting to know the people behind the power. From a ride in a bucket, feeling the weight of the lineworker’s utility belt, being briefed on the “big screen” in the Control Center and seeing a demonstration of a self-healing electric system of the future, the educators quickly realized there was more to electricity than simply flipping a switch. This was the third year OREMC has participated in the Glynn County Teacher Externship Program as a host site.
It's Electric!
No, we aren’t talking about the always popular, floor filling, line dance. Rather, the statement is in reference to the four new electric school buses that have become part of the Charlton County School District fleet.
Quilt Raffle to Benefit Pinky Promise
OREMC is holding a quilt raffle through the month of October. All proceeds from the raffle will benefit the Pinky Promise Foundation in Callahan, Florida, a cancer resource center for women. Raffle tickets are $5 each for the Cozy Cottage quilted wall hanging.
Bidding for OREMC’s Online Vehicle Auction Now Open
Working with JJ Kane Auctioneers, Okefenoke REMC is auctioning off retired fleet vehicles including two bucket trucks, two digger derrick trucks and two small buckets. The auction is online and bidding is open. Interested bidders can view vehicles and place bids at www.jjkane.com/promotions/okefenoke-rural-electric-membership-cooperative/.
Installing Comfort and Convenience
Jeff Padilla of Kingsland was on the OREMC website looking at billing options earlier this year, when he noticed the slider promoting the home generator program offered in partnership with GRESCO. Here he shares his experience in getting his new Generac generator from call to install.
