REMC Newsletter

March 2016
Satilla REMC Newsletter
Many Ways to Pay Your Satilla REMC Bill
Mail
Members may use the
return envelope provided with the bill. Make sure to enclose
the billing statement with your payment and include the account number. DO NOT attach staples, gym clips
or tape, and DO NOT include cash.
In Person
Members may bring
their payments to the
Satilla REMC offices in Alma, Douglas,
Hazlehurst or Jesup. Members may
come inside the office or use the convenient drive-through window during
business hours, Monday-Friday, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone
Members may call toll
free at 1 (888) 738-6926
or come by Satilla’s offices to pay with
electronic check, MasterCard, Visa,
Discover, American Express or
ATM/debit cards.
Automatic
Bank Draft
Members may enroll to
pay their electrical bills automatically
by bank draft and/or personal credit
card at no charge. If a Member pays
by bank draft and/or credit card, a
draft will be included in his/her
monthly bank statement showing the
date and amount of payment. A
Member will still receive his/her
monthly electric bill, but it will be
marked "Paid by draft." A Member
may also enroll in paperless billing, and
an email will be sent to the Member
when his/her new bill is ready. To enroll
in automatic payment or paperless
billing, contact a local Satilla REMC
office or access account information at
www.satillaemc.com.
Online
Members may pay online
with MasterCard, Visa,
Discover, American Express or ATM/
debit cards at www.satillaemc.com.
Members may also check their account
balances online and initiate an
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) payment from their bank's online payment
service. Satilla REMC does not charge a
fee to receive EFT transfer payments.
Mobile App
Members may view their
bills, view their payment
history, pay their bills and sign up for
alerts and reminders with Satilla
REMC’s Mobile App and Mobile
Web App.
Kiosks
Members may avoid the
lines. Stop by Flash
Foods in Baxley and Blackshear to
receive immediate credit on Satilla
REMC payments made any time of the
day. A Member may pay with cash,
check or credit card.
FlashFood
GA00670G
Satilla REMC Foundation’s Generous Donations to Benefit
Coastal Pines and Wiregrass Technical Students and Programs
T
he Satilla Rural Electric
Membership Corporation
(REMC) Foundation recently
made three $5,000 donations
to benefit area communities
and residents of Southeast
Georgia. The significant and
generous donations will be
used to support student and
program success at Wiregrass
Technical College (WTC) in
Fitzgerald and Coastal Pines
Technical College (CPTC)
through scholarships, program equipment, capital
projects and other worthy
investments that promote a
highly skilled workforce.
From left, Jim Tucker, Chairman, Satilla REMC Foundation, presents a check to Tina K. Anderson,
Funding for the award President of Wiregrass Technical College
was made possible through
voluntary contributions of Satilla REMC Members who
round up their monthly electric bills.
Coastal Pines Technical College, which began
offering classes in July 2014, was established from the
consolidation of Altamaha Technical College (est.
1989) and Okefenokee Technical College (est. 1965).
For many years before the merger, the Satilla REMC
Foundation championed the mission of the former
colleges and provided financial support.
Five thousand dollars was donated to the
Altamaha Technical College (ATC) Foundation, and
another $5,000 given to the Okefenokee Technical
College Foundation when CPTC President Glenn
Deibert visited the Satilla REMC main office in Alma.
At the Fitzgerald presentation, Romeo Reyes,
Satilla REMC President/CEO, and Jim Tucker,
Chairman of the Satilla REMC Foundation, presented
WTC President Tina K. Anderson a $5,000 check for
students in the Coffee County area.
“Your annual contribution is a blessing,” Deibert
told Satilla officials. “Knowing the source of the funds
makes us even more grateful and accountable. At a
time when people are pinching pennies to pay bills
or maintain their lifestyle, how humbling is it to know
that so many choose to give each month to education. It speaks to how much they value higher education, understand its benefits and care about their
Glenn Deibert, center, President of Coastal Pines Technical College,
community and others.”
accepts a check from Jim Tucker, left, Chairman of the Satilla REMC
Foundation, and Romeo Reyes, President/CEO of Satilla REMC.
Seminar for Contractors at Satilla REMC Office
Thursday, May 5, 2016
T
he University of Georgia’s Department of Biological and
Agricultural Engineering and Satilla REMC will jointly
sponsor a Continuing Education Seminar for Electrical and
Conditioned-Air Contractors on Thursday, May 5, 2016. This
seminar will be taught by Jim Allison of J&W Educational
Services.
This seminar will be held at Satilla REMC’s BennettLanier Auditorium, 928 Ga. Hwy. 32 East, Alma, GA.
Registration will begin at 5 p.m. and the seminar will follow
at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served.
The cost per contractor is $95. Please bring a calculator
and a National Electrical Code book to the seminar.
This seminar qualifies as four hours of continuing education credit toward license renewal for electrical and HVAC
contractors. If you would like to attend or have questions,
please contact Satilla REMC’s Member Services Department
(912) 632-3452 no later than Thursday, April 28, 2016.
Change Your Clocks; Change Your Batteries
T
he second Sunday in
March will trigger daylight
saving time, when we “spring
ahead” and set our clocks one
hour later.
That’s also the best day to
change the batteries in smoke
alarms and carbon monoxide
detectors—even if the batteries
aren’t dead.
If you don’t have fire
alarms and CO detectors, your
family is at risk. The alarms will loudly warn you if smoke or
gas is present in your home, so you can get out.
Carbon monoxide is a clear, odorless gas that is deadly
but hard to detect. If you don’t have an alarm, it’s unlikely you
will know if your home has a CO leak.
Carbon monoxide doesn’t come just from cars. Your gas
furnace or stove is a potential source of the
gas. The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) offers these tips for poison prevention:
• Keep gas appliances properly adjusted.
• Use electric space heaters, not gas space
heaters.
• Install an exhaust fan, vented to the outdoors, over a gas stove.
• Open flues when wood-burning fireplaces
are in use.
• Choose properly sized wood stoves with
tight-fitting doors that are certified to meet EPA emission
standards.
• Have a trained professional inspect, clean and tune up your
central heating system—including furnaces, flues and chimneys—annually. Repair leaks promptly.
• Do not idle your car inside the garage.
A Publication of
The Satilla Rural Electric
Membership Corporation
P.O. Box 906
Alma, GA 31510
GA00670G
“A People/Power Partnership!”
BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS
R. L. Lewis, Jr.
Chairman
Hinson Mosley
Vice Chairman
Thomas J. Morris
Secretary
Jim Waters
Treasurer
David H. Bennett, Jr.
Jerry Boatright
Jeffrey Scott Day
Herman Sellers
Romeo Reyes
President/Chief Executive Officer
Mark Johnson
Vice President,
Corporate and System Services
Johnny Allen
Director, Line Services
Cold Weather Drives Up Power Use
F
all and winter started off unusually mild here in South Georgia, but we have
seen a normal amount of cold weather here since January 1. The graphs
below show cold weather data for Satilla’s service area (hours below 45 degrees
Fahrenheit), taken from georgiaweather.net. The first graph includes the mild
temperatures experienced here in the latter part of 2015.
Because of the very mild 2015 temps, we will likely have the warmest overall winter experienced here in recent years. However, if you look at the second
graph, your will see that since January 1, winter conditions (hours below 45
degrees Fahreinheit) have been back to normal.
Members can get a custom graph of their usage by completing a 10-minute
survey on our website, www.satillaemc.com/homeenergypage.html.
Number of Hours Below 45 Degrees F
October 1 through February 14
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800
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803
724
579
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537
400
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200
00
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Bob Bennett
Director, Distribution Services
Jim Tucker
Director, Customer Services
Sue Johnson
Editor
Telephone Numbers
Alma Office
(912) 632-7222
Douglas Office
(912) 384-1964
Hazlehurst Office
(912) 375-7765
Jesup Office
(912) 427-9561
Toll-Free Number (888) 738-6926
This institution is an equal opportunity
provider and employer.
January 1 through February 14
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600
510
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400
458
422
355
300
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248
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100
100
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2012
2013
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