Tri-County Electric is a rural electric cooperative and a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) distributor.  Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation was organized in 1936 to serve rural areas in Macon, Trousdale, and Sumner counties.  On Christmas Eve, 1937 the first 85 miles of line were energized.  In 1939 TCEMC purchased the holdings of the Tennessee Electric Power Company, which included lines in Celina, Tennessee.  The 1940 purchase of the Cumberland Public Service Company expanded TCEMC’s service area to include Burkesville, Tompkinsville and Edmonton, Kentucky.  A portion of The Kentucky-Tennessee Light and Power Company was purchased by TCEMC in 1942 allowing us to serve the Scottsville, Kentucky area.  Acquisition of the Scottsville service area brought TCEMC’s 1943 membership to 7,000.

Tri-County Electric has experienced consistent growth over the past seventy years.  We currently have 17 substations and over 5,300 miles of distribution line, covering a service area of roughly eighteen hundred square miles.  Tri-County Electric is the fifth largest cooperative in both Kentucky and Tennessee providing reliable electrical service to our approximately 50,000 member-owners.

We appreciate your interest in Tri-County Electric and hope you will find our website informative and helpful.  Be sure to visit our “services” section for information about products and programs including Online Bill Payment.

Sincerely,

Paul Thompson
Executive V.P. & General Manager

Tri-County Electric
P.O. Box 40,  405 College Street
Lafayette, Tennessee  37083
(615) 666 - 2111

Site Last Updated: October 05, 2006