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ECI REC's contractors, Highline Construction and Power Systems Engineer, continue their work to strengthen 246 miles of overhead distribution power lines in 105 separate projects. Click here for the full story.
To keep you as informed as possible, ECI will send out automated voice. . .[more]
East-Central Iowa REC members should have received their annual meeting notices and ballots in the mail this week. If members are not able to attend the meeting on June 20, they are invited to return their ballots via mail. The meeting notice can be downloaded here.
This year’s. . .[more]
Members receiving electricity from East-Central Iowa REC in 1995, 2006, and/or 2012 should see a credit on your electric bill this month. It represents your share of the deferred patronage dividends, or profits, which the Cooperative earned in 1995, a portion of those from 2006, and the. . .[more]
If the name Phillip Miller sounds familiar―it probably is. Phillip has worked for ECI REC as a summer employee for three years, but he started April 29 as a full-time lineman with the Cooperative. Phil attended Vinton-Shellsburg High School, has a four-year degree with a B.A. in health. . .[more]
Power outages were experienced by 600 ECI REC member-consumers as a result of damage to the distribution system caused by Sunday night’s straight-line wind storms that hit the southeast section of ECI REC’s Benton County service territory. Operations Manager Gary Marlow reported the. . .[more]
ECI REC Operations Supervisor Gary Marlow is being promoted to operations manager, effective July 1. Gary will continue to work from the Urbana administrative building where he has been serving the membership as operations supervisor.
Marlow stated, “I’m looking forward to the new. . .[more]
ECI REC's contractors, Highline Construction and Power Systems Engineer, continue their work to strengthen 246 miles of overhead distribution power lines in 105 separate projects. Click here for the full story.
To keep you as informed as possible, ECI will send out automated voice. . .[more]
From dining and clothing to car repair and home improvement...you’ll find great bargains at local businesses with your FREE Co-op Connections Card.
ECI REC, in conjunction with the other Touchstone Energy co-ops serving 22 million member-owners nationwide, offers its members the. . .[more]
They are the unsung heroes of rural America. Like the humble postman, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night” stays REC linemen from “swift completion of their appointed rounds.” In times of power outages and repair, REC linemen proudly remain dedicated to. . .[more]
After 33 years of dedicated service, Carl Gray retired from his position as foreman at East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative’s Vinton Operations Center in March. In the picture to the right, Gray receives a hug from his granddaughter Macey McKenna at his retirement reception on March. . .[more]