We proudly announce that Reggie Bowlin has been hired as the new Executive Vice President of Engineering Services at UCEMC. He’ll join us at the Carthage Corporate office on July 10th.

The State of Tennessee requires periodic renewal of the state’s recognition of a nonprofit’s tax-exempt status—reminder: 2023 is a renewal year for the Sales and Use Tax Certificate. The current certificates UCEMC has on file will expire on June 30.

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• Church, temple, synagogue, or mosque
• Boys’ or Girls’ club
• Volunteer fire department
• 911 ECD

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UCEMC’s Jasmine Byrnes presents Gordonsville High senior Savanna Bryant with the UCEMC $1,000 scholarship she earned by participating in the Creative Writing Contest sponsored by UCEMC and TECA. Savanna also earned a spot on the “Trip of a Lifetime,” the Washington Youth Tour last June. Savanna is the daughter of Marlana Mofield and Phillip Bryant.

The Carthage Rotary Club has received $1,188.24 from The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Community Care Fund program in partnership with UCEMC Cares, Inc. The money will be earmarked for needy children in the area.

 Chapter 127 of Mended Hearts, based in Cookeville, has received $2,600 in matching funds from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Community Care Fund program in partnership with UCEMC Cares, Inc. The money will furnish Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to organizations in Smith, Putnam, and Jackson counties.

The Smith County Fine Arts Center has received $1,500.00 from The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Community Care Fund program in partnership with UCEMC Cares, Inc. The funds will purchase costumes and rights for plays for the coming season.

The New Middleton Fire Department in Gordonsville has received $4,528.00 from The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Community Care Fund program in partnership with UCEMC Cares, Inc. Chief Paul Pope says the funds will be used to purchase much-needed equipment. “We’ll replace the starter and alternator on Engine 702, buy six pike pole brackets, a K-9 rescue blade, booster hose, mask bags, and LED scene lights. We thank TVA and UCEMC Cares, Inc. for awarding this grant.”

White Plains Academy has been awarded a grant from the Tennessee Valley Authority, in partnership with Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc., a TVA retiree organization, to develop science, technology, engineering, and math education projects to help spark student interest in future careers in STEM-related fields.

Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation (UCEMC) and The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) have scheduled a planned outage in the Gordonsville area beginning Saturday, April 29, 2023, at 10 p.m. and ending Sunday, April 30, 2023, at 6 a.m. The planned outage is required for TVA to perform repairs and upgrades on equipment.