Proposed Rate Revision
By Dallas Braun, General Manager
For several years now, one item of discussion at our member district meetings and written about in past articles has...
Nothing Stays The Same
By Dallas Braun, General Manager
Nothing stays the same.” This statement couldn’t be more descriptive of the past year for Thumb Electric Cooperative (TEC) and...
TEC Upgrades Electric System
Thumb Electric Cooperative is deploying an automated metering infrastructure (AMI). After deployment, you can expect...
Increased efficiency & safety
Operating more efficiently helps us keep costs...
Updates At Your Cooperative
By Dallas Braun, General Manager
COVID-19
On June 1, 2020, Gov. Whitmer issued Executive Order (EO) No. 2020-110, which lifted the stay-at-home order and provided that...
The Driving Force
The purchase and use of EVs has fast-tracked in popularity across the country. In rural Michigan, electric co-ops are keeping a close eye on...
Meet Brandon
How long have you worked at TEC?
This September will be 14 years that I have worked at TEC as a journeyman lineman.
What is your...
Fiber Update: The TEC Advantage
By Brad Essenmacher, TEC Broadband Manager
As I write this, it is the beginning of December, and the snow is starting to fly. The good news...
Happenings at TEC
By Dallas Braun, General Manager
April 18 is National Lineworker Appreciation Day—a day set aside to express gratitude to the approximately 120,000 lineworkers across the...
TEC Fiber Update
Thumb Electric has partnered with National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) to deploy the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) project. The NRTC contractors are currently on the property...
Water Heater Discontinuation Notice
By Clint Seidl, Member Services Engineering Manager
Since the 1980s, Thumb Electric Cooperative has been selling electric-resistive water heaters to its members. Unfortunately, it has...
















