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UPDATED: DEC & Choptank have Issued a Beat the Peak Alert for Tuesday
The Delaware Electric Cooperative has issued Beat the Peak Alert for this afternoon from 4 to 6pm. The Beat the Peak Alert from Choptank Electric Cooperative is from 3 to 6pm. Beat the Peak provides Co-op members with the power to keep their electric rates affordable. The program is simple. During times when the cost…
Read MoreDEC has Issued a Beat the Peak Alert for 4 to 6pm Today, July 17th
The Delaware Electric Cooperative has issued a Beat the Peak Alert for 4 to 6 pm today, July 17th. They ask those of you who are members to conserve energy and keep your electric rates affordable. During the alert period turn your thermostat up a few degrees, delay the use of major appliances such as…
Read MoreRob Book Named CEO of Delaware Electric Coop
The Delaware Electric Cooperative has selected Rob Book as it’s acting president and CEO. Book has been with the Co-op for over two decades and will take over from Greg Starheim, who will continue as a senior advisor to DEC until the end of January. Book was instrumental in launching the co-op’s nationally recognized Beat…
Read MoreImprovements Coming to Delaware Electric Cooperative Service
If you’re a Delaware Electric Cooperative customer, you’ll soon experience improved reliability of service. DEC has completed construction on a new substation in Sussex County. The Dorey Substation, which was energized in late October, will provide power to about 2100 homes in the Georgetown area for decades. The facility will be a big help due…
Read MoreDelaware & Choptank Electric Cooperatives Issue Beat-the-Peak Alert
Delaware and Choptank Electric Cooperatives have issued a Beat the Peak Alert for 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. today – Monday. Members are asked to postpone the use of large appliances – dish washer, washing machine, dryer and hot waste, to raise the thermostat by a few degrees, and to close the shades and curtains…
Read MoreDel. Electric Co-op, Choptank Issue Beat the Peak Alert for Today (Wed.), 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Soaring temperatures and humidity levels have led Delaware Electric Cooperative and Choptank Electric Cooperative to issue a Beat the Peak Alert for today (Wednesday). According to DEC, members are asked to conserve electricity during times when the cost to purchase and produce power is high. Members are asked to postpone use of washers, dryers and…
Read MoreDelaware & Choptank Electric Cooperatives Issue a Beat The Peak Alert – from 4 to 6pm Sunday
Delaware and Choptank Electric Cooperative members are advised of a Beat the Peak Alert today from 4 to 6pm because of the very warm temperatures. How you can help to Beat the Peak: Give your thermostat a break, and delay use of unnecessary lights and appliances such as dishwashers, washing machines, and clothes dryers. Turning up…
Read MoreHail Pelts Parts Of Delmarva
Monday’s threat of severe weather lived up to its billing.Portions of Delmarva, including southwestern Sussex County and the Cambridge area of Dorchester County, were pelted with hail. Hailstones ranged in size from peas to golf balls to even baseballs.Some homes and vehicles sustained significant damage.At one point, about 200 Delaware Electric Cooperative members did not…
Read MoreDel. Electric Co-op Considers Rate Increase Wed.
Delaware Electric Cooperative residential bills could go up by about 8% under a proposal to be considered by the not-for-profit utility’s board this week. According to DEC President and CEO Greg Starheim, the member-owned utility has been paying about 60% more for the natural gas it needs to generate power since last year. This would…
Read MoreDel. Electric Co-op Sets New Record For Reliability In 2021
Delaware Electric Cooperative had its most reliable year ever in 2021. The member-owned utility said Wednesday that through the year there were fewer outages, and those that occurred were restored efficiently. The average outage in 2021 lasted 53 minutes, down from the previous best of 69 minutes in 2019. According to the Co-op, careful planning…
Read MoreDEC Will Buy More Solar
Delaware Electric Cooperative plans to buy solar power from facilities that are being built in Sussex and Kent Counties that are slated to be completed by the end of 2024. According to DEC, a solar farm near completion in Hartly will provide power to hundreds of homes in Kent County. Pennsylvania-based Tangent Energy is building…
Read MoreUPDATED & Breaking: Crash West Of Bridgeville Closes Atlanta Rd.
UPDATED 12/18/21 – 3pm – Delaware State Police have identified the man who died in a head-on crash with a cement truck Friday morning on Atlanta Road near Bridgeville as 20 year old Cameron Gray of Federalsburg. According to the Federalsburg Volunteer Fire Company’s Facebook page, Gray was a firefighter and was commuting to work…
Read MoreDel. Electric Co-op Refunds $4-Million In Capital Credits
Delaware Electric Cooperative is refunding $4-million in capital credits among more than 64,000 member-owners of the co-op in December. Checks or billing credits will be made available for those who had an active DEC account in 2010. Those who no longer are served by DEC will receive a check for their portion of the retired…
Read MoreDriver Charged With DUI After Crashing Into Pole
A 28-year-old Millsboro man is charged with DUI after crashing into a utility pole on John J. Williams Highway near Plaza Drive in the Long Neck area. The accident occurred Saturday night. According to Delaware State Police, the driver was not hurt, but a Delaware Electric Cooperative pole was knocked down. The Indian River Volunteer…
Read MoreSunday Morning Power Outage – Long Neck & Angola Areas & Crash
UPDATED – 7:40am – ALL power has been restored ================================================================= UPDATED – 5:52am – Over half of those without power have been restored – mainly in the Angola area. Just over 6300 remain without power. ================================================================= About 12,200 Delaware Electric Cooperative members are without power this morning in the Long Neck and Angola areas. Power…
Read MoreDover PD & DSP Warning of Two Scams
Dover Police are alerting everyone to a phone scam. They have received reports that a caller is using an active Dover Police officer’s name and rank and is asking for payment of fines or court fees. Police say this is a scam – Dover Police would never call anyone for these issues or demand payment…
Read MoreDel. Electric Co-op Hires New President / CEO
Delaware Electric Cooperative has a new President and CEO. Greg Starheim has been chosen by the not-for-profit utility’s board of directors to replace Bill Andrew. Starheim most recently was with the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation. “I’m humbled to be given the opportunity to lead DEC. The Co-op has some of the most innovative…
Read MoreDEC Beat-The-Peak Alert Wed., 5-8 p.m.
Delaware Electric Cooperative has issued a Beat-The-Peak Alert for Wednesday, December 16th between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00p.m. During these hours, members are asked to reduce electricity usage by turning off unnecessary lights, turning down the thermostat a few degrees and postponing the use of large appliances such as washers, dryers and dishwashers. Saving electricity usage…
Read MoreDEC & Choptank Issue ‘Beat The Peak’ Alerts
As temperatures drop, Delaware Electric Cooperative has issued a Beat the Peak for Monday evening from 6 to 8pm and Tuesday morning from 6 to 8am. Choptank Electric Cooperative has issued a Beat the Peak for Monday evening from 6 to 8pm. During these times Co-op members are asked to conserve electricity usage during expected…
Read MoreDel. Electric Co-op Returns $8-Million To Members
Delaware Electric Cooperative is returning almost eight-million dollars in capital credits to its members. The refunds represent what would be profits, but the co-op is a not-for-profit utility so the money goes back to about 72,000 member / owners. Members since 2009 are eligible for the credit, which will appear on the December bill. “We…
Read MoreRehoboth Firefighters Hose Down Ruptured Gas Line
A gas leak drew a response Thursday from the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company.Thursday at about 12:30, a two-inch natural gas line was cut accidently by construction workers in the Marsh Island community off Camp Arrowhead Road.Firefighters sprayed to disperse the gas until the underground shutoff was located.Chesapeake Utilities and Delaware Electric Cooperative also responded.
Read MorePower Outages Develop On A Blustery Day
Utilities are responding to scattered power outages as gusty winds blow across Delmarva. Delaware Electric Cooperative was reporting more than 1,300 member outages in northeastern and north-central Sussex County as of late Monday morning. Delmarva Power was listing nearly 1,600 outages in its Delaware and Maryland Eastern Shore service territories.
Read MoreLongtime Del. Electric Co-op President To Retire In ’21
The President and CEO of Delaware Electric Cooperative for more than 15 years has announced his retirement.Bill Andrew plans to step down next July, according to the Co-op, where he had worked since 1998.Andrew says it’s been an ‘extraordinary honor to serve our community,’ and says the team has transformed the not-for-profit utility into one…
Read MoreDEC, Choptank Issue Beat The Peak Alert
High heat and high humidity… that’s a forecast leading Delaware Electric Cooperative and Choptank Electric Cooperative to issue a Beat The Peak Alert today between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Members are asked to conserve electricity usage by turning off unnecessary lights, setting the thermostat up a few degrees, and postponing the use of large…
Read MoreDEC, Choptank Issue Beat The Peak Alert
Due to forecast heat and humidity, Delaware Electric Cooperative and Choptank Electric Cooperative have issued a Beat The Peak Alert for this afternoon between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Members of the co-ops are asked to turn the thermostat up a few degrees and to refrain from using large appliances during this time. Also, unnecessary…
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