Corporate Profile
Business Structure and Mission
Gibson Electric Membership Corporation is a nonprofit, member-owned and democratically controlled electric cooperative. Our mission is to provide members (all those who purchase electricity from Gibson EMC) with safe and reliable electric service at an affordable price.
Our Beginnings
Gibson EMC was formed in 1936 by people in this area who had been told it would be too costly to extend electric lines and provide service to the rural areas. These determined men and women joined together and started their own electric cooperative.
Service Area and Membership
Today, Gibson EMC serves 35,000 members over 2,900 miles of line in eight Northwest Tennessee counties (Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison and Obion).
Customer Service Centers
Gibson EMC’s corporate office is located in Trenton, Tennessee. Satellite customer service centers are located in Alamo, Trenton, Troy, and Tiptonville. (Click here for addresses and telephone numbers.)
Gibson EMC’s Leadership
President and CEO
Board of Trustees
- Mack Goode, Chairman, District 5
- Steve Sanders, Vice Chairman, District 1
- Don Leathers, Secretary-Treasurer, District 11
- Keith Heglar, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, District 2
- Rana Buchanan, District 7
- Keith Forrester, District 10
- Larry Hicks, District 4
- Bob McCurdy, District 8
- Joan Mouser, District 6
- Tony Bargery, District 3
- Richard Skiles, District 9
(Click here to view a map of the service area by district.)
Employees
Gibson EMC has 85 full-time employees with a combined 1,458 years of service. They are knowledgeable, skilled and stand ready to serve the co-op’s customer-owners 24 hours-a-day every day.
Rates
Gibson EMC purchases power from the Tennessee Valley Authority. About 80 cents of every dollar Gibson EMC collects from its customer-owners goes to TVA for power costs. Within that amount is a power cost adjustment charge (PCA). The PCA includes the cost of fuel for generation (coal, nuclear and natural gas) and the cost of power purchased on the open market. The PCA also collects costs associated with any load diversity. The PCA will not generate additional revenue for Gibson EMC.
(For more rate information, click here. For Gibson EMC’s Annual Reports, including financial information and other statistical data, click here.)
