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Rockwood Electric Utility (REU) is a not-for-profit, municipally
owned utility dedicated to providing Electric service to
residential, commercial, industrial, and public facilities.
REU traces its beginnings to 1939 when the City of Rockwood
purchased electric systems in Rockwood and Kingston from
the Tennessee Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and agreed
to serve those cities and the surrounding communities consisting
of portions of Roane, Cumberland, and Morgan counties.
Operation & control of the power system is vested
in the Electric Power Board as outlined in the City Charter
for Rockwood.
Statistics
- Over 14,500
electric customers; over 11,500 residential
- Revenue from power sales in excess of $33 million
- All
power is purchased from TVA; 5 year rolling contract
- Forty-One(41) full time employees
Power System
- Four (4) substations;
delivery voltages of 161 kV
- 12.47/7.2
kV, 3-phase system distribution system
- Over
700 miles of single- and three-phase primary
Electric Power Board
Roy Boles
Peggy Evans
Lee Fisher
Thomas Flood
Kevin McClure
The Electric Power Board of Rockwood meets on the 3rd
Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm. Board meetings are held
at the City of Rockwood Municipal Building at 110 N. Chamberlain
Ave.
General Manager
Kendall Bear, P.E.
Staff
Rochelle Inman , Executive Assistant
Sandy Helton, Director of Human Relations
Jim Cooley, Construction & Maintenance
Marsha O’Keefe, Manager
of Accounting & Administrative
Services
Mike Miller, Manager of Customer Services
Marty Hill, Operations & Safety
Bill Musrock, P.E.; System Engineer
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