Advancement

Empowering Members and Communities

Across counties from King William to Warren, we're helping improve quality of life, thanks to a stronger, smarter grid that powers both electricity and internet access.
 

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Bringing the Internet Home:
How REC Transformed Life for One Greene County Family

To REC and the teams that helped bring broadband to her family, Hill has one simple message: “Thank you. I appreciate it so much. You guys have made my day — or made my year actually — and having it available now, it's been awesome.”

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Advancement by the Numbers

  • $1.47M+ in revenue from pole attachments in 2024. 
  • 8,400+ members connected through broadband partnerships. 
  • $4.2M+ in revenue from dark fiber leases in 2024. 

Digging Deeper: Additional Resources

  • Make-ready construction is enabling REC to upgrade its electric system to improve reliability at a much faster pace while also enabling REC and its partners to build a fiber network bringing broadband to unserved and underserved communities.
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Bridging the Digital Divide

REC STORIES

REC Crews Respond to Outages after Storm

Friday | October 12, 2018
About 5,600 members of REC remain without power this morning after the remnants of Hurricane Michael moved through REC's service territory late Thursd...

The Time to Prepare is Now

Monday | September 10, 2018
Confidence is growing that Hurricane Florence could significantly impact all of REC's service territory.

REC Hosted Telephone Town Hall

Thursday | August 23, 2018
On Thursday, August 23 REC hosted the 2018 Telephone Town Hall event. REC invited a random sample of over 40,000 members to participate in the call. N...