{"id":35596,"date":"2020-06-24T03:34:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T08:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nemepa.org\/?page_id=35596"},"modified":"2020-09-19T12:39:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T17:39:01","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nemepa.org\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-35832 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nemepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/history.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a man from Riverside Dairy Grade A Milk, and a man from NEMEPA shaking hands next to their trucks. \" width=\"30%\" height=\"116\" \/>In 1935, rural leaders began meeting and organizing their own electric power associations in their communities. Locally, meetings were held in Abbeville, Taylor, Potts Camp, Oxford, Myrtle, Thaxton, Hurricane, Tula, Etta, Waterford, and New Albany for the purpose of forming an electric cooperative.<\/p>\n<p>From these meetings, a board of directors was selected and an application for a certificate of incorporation for North East Mississippi Electric Power Association was filed with the state. The certificate of incorporation was granted on Nov. 20, 1936, giving directors the authority to adopt bylaws, sign up members, execute a power contract, and borrow money for construction.<\/p>\n<p>In May 1938, electricity first flowed through 95 miles of North East Mississippi Electric Power Association\u2019s distribution lines, lighting up nearly 200 homes of members served by the New Albany substation. Rural homes and farms in our service area were changed forever when the lights came on. Electric lights replaced oil lamps. Indoor plumbing meant no more hauling buckets of water from the well or nearby springs. Electric washing machines replaced washtubs and scrub boards. Refrigerators, stoves, electric irons, and other appliances made life a little easier.<\/p>\n<p>North East MS EPA\u2019s membership has grown significantly. While the co-op still serves a number of farms, we also provide electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial members. We maintain lines in a 920-square-mile service area, which includes parts of Lafayette, Marshall, Union, Pontotoc, and Benton counties. We also maintain the following substations: Oxford, Taylor, Anderson, Woodson Ridge, Enterprise, Martintown, Industrial Park, Cornersville, Lafayette Springs, College Hill, Sardis Lake, West Oxford, and Brittany Woods; as well as Waterford metering point.<\/p>\n<h2>Days Gone By<\/h2>\n<h3>1938 May<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1819691668\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2075958778\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:50%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nemepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/May-1938-Dr.-C.S.-Wilkins-New-Albany-TVA-Substation-150x150-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dr. C. S. Wilkins standing in front of TVA substation\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h5>Dr. C.S. Wilkins at New Albany<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1460891899\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:50%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nemepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/May-1938-TVA-Substation-at-New-Albany-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Two men shaking hands in front of TVA substation\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h5>TVA Substation<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-104836304\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:50%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nemepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/8x10-May-1938-Left-R.C.-White-Right-Dr.-C.-S.-Wilkins-North-East-Dairy-150x150-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a man from Riverside Dairy Grade A Milk, and a man from NEMEPA shaking hands next to their trucks.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h5>Riverside Dairy and NEMEPA<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<h3>1963 December<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-162911305\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-741808484\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:50%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nemepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/December-1963-Building-150x150-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"NEMEPA office building\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h5>NEMEPA Office<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-481075323\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:50%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nemepa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sign-150x150-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"A man pointing to a sign. 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