Reliability

Delivering Power When You Need It Most

With reliability at the core of our mission, we continued investing in technology and infrastructure to keep power flowing - safely and efficiently. 

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Shannon Adams

Reliability You Can Count On: 
A Member's View of REC's Commitment to Service

"I’ve never lived anywhere where electricity was this reliable,” she said. “It’s clear that REC is committed to its members, and I know my bill isn’t just paying for power — it’s supporting the work that REC does every day to improve reliability for us."

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Reliability by the Numbers

  • $19.2 million invested in reliability improvements. 
  • 6,000 poles added or replaced. 
  • 34,800+ poles inspected with drones.
  • 6,000+ hazard trees removed. 
  • 9,000 animal guards added to prevent power disruptions. 
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Reliability in Action

REC STORIES

REC Restoring the Final 4% of Outages

Monday | January 10, 2022
As of Monday morning, less than 3,800 REC member-owners remain without power as a result of Winter Storm Frida, which dumped more than a foot of heavy...
As of Sunday evening, about 6,000 Rappahannock Electric Cooperative member-owners remained without power after historic Winter Storm Frida shook the e...
REC crews, contractors and mutual-aid workers have replaced hundreds of broken poles and restored service to nearly 90,000 members after Winter Storm ...