Electrify Your Life So It Can Run On Cleaner Energy
Beneficial Electrification:
A term for replacing direct fossil fuel use (e.g., propane, heating oil, gasoline) with electricity in a way that reduces overall emissions and...
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...
2020 Board Of Directors Election
Your Member Number and your Election Passcode can be found on the back cover of your Nov/Dec Country Lines magazine. Use both of these...
TEC Employee Spotlight
Retirement Spotlight
Vicki LaBuhn
After 35 years of dedicated service with Thumb Electric, Vicki LaBuhn has decided to retire. She started her career on Feb. 16, 1987,...
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...
Fiber To The Home. When Will It Get To Me?
As we approach our first year of construction, progress of our TEC Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) project is on pace for an estimated 350 miles of...
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...
Thumb Electric AMI Implementation To Begin
Starting in late fall or early winter, Thumb Electric Cooperative (TEC) will begin installing equipment for its Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system. Only members...
Nicol Family ChristmasLight Extravaganza
Every winter, spectators from across Michigan travel to 6250 Germania Road in Cass City to see one of the best Christmas light shows in...
Meet Gary
How long have you been a lineman at Thumb Electric Cooperative (TEC)?
I’ve been with TEC for five months now. It’s easy for me to...
















