It has gained a national reputation for the quality of its load forecasting, energy scheduling and demand-side management programs. The CEO since May 1995 has been Chuck Terrill. The association adopts independently-owned Carolina Farmer magazine as its official publication. 1951 TEMA has 29 member cooperatives. 1952 TEMA buys Carolina Farmer, hires executive manager William T. Crisp, opens an office in downtown Raleigh.
Responsibilities expand to include other statewide services.
TEMA becomes dormant. The cooperatives revise TEMA's charter to transform it into a material supply and central purchasing cooperative. All 28 co-ops in the state join. I begins commercial operation. Seven cooperatives form the CEC Self Insurance Fund to fund workers compensation insurance.