Gallagher Names MEC a Best-In-Class Employer
Each year Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative honors its employees with an annual Employee Appreciation Day event. The team is gathered to review company achievements, and additionally, employees are recognized for years of service milestones.

Gallagher Names MEC a Best-In-Class Employer

by | Feb 27, 2023 | Connections

Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative was recently named a 2022 Best-in-Class Employer by Gallagher for its strong efforts to continuously improve employee and organizational well-being. MEC scored in the top quartile of midsize employers (100-999 full-time...
Lee Recognized for Service by NRECA Board
John C. Lee, Jr. was recently presented a plaque in appreciation of his faithful and dedicated service on the NRECA board of directors. Lee served for three years, representing electric cooperatives across Virginia. Presenting the plaque to Lee is David Jones, chairman of MEC’s board of directors.

Lee Recognized for Service by NRECA Board

by | Jan 31, 2023 | Connections, Connections Archive

After serving three years on the board of directors of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, John C. Lee Jr., president and CEO of Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative in Chase City, will not seek reelection. Lee, who represented Virginia’s electric...
Co-op Voices Heard at Legislative Day
Community Electric Cooperative Board Chairman Jeannette Everett (left) and President and CEO Steve Harmon visit with Del. Emily Brewer about legislation affecting Virginia’s electric cooperatives. Photo by Jim Robertson.

Co-op Voices Heard at Legislative Day

by | Jan 31, 2023 | Connections, Connections Archive

Legislative Day 2023 brought cooperative representatives from across the commonwealth to Richmond to meet with elected officials about our shared legislative agenda. As cooperative staff and board members arrived in Richmond on Monday, Jan. 23, excitement was already...
EMPOWER Broadband Breaks Ground on $154 Million Project
EMPOWER employees were joined by Sen. Frank Ruff and Del. Tommy Wright, along with other state, regional and local leaders, for a groundbreaking ceremony held last week. Pictured, from left, are John Lee, president & CEO of EMPOWER; Del. Wright; Dr. Tamarah Holmes, director, Office of Broadband DHCD; Butch Hamlett, Charlotte County Board of Supervisors; David Jones, EMPOWER Board of Directors chairman; John Zubrod, Brunswick County Board of Supervisors; Rick Short, Halifax County Board of Supervisors; Glen Barbour, Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors; Sen. Ruff; Wade Boteler, National OnDemand and Joe Newton, Dominion Energy.(Photo by Jim Robertson, VMDAEC)

EMPOWER Broadband Breaks Ground on $154 Million Project

by | Nov 17, 2022 | Connections, Connections Archive

With several ceremonial shovels full of Southside Virginia soil on October 20, EMPOWER Broadband, Inc., commemorated a significant stride forward in leveling the playing field between rural and urban communities by launching a significant expansion of its fiber...