Contact Us Apply Here Home About Us Energy & The Environment Member Services Storm Center Communications Selecteer een taal▼ History Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corporation was founded in 1940 by a group of local farmers. These visionaries were committed to providing electricity to rural farmers and families, and they were committed to the effort for a good reason. Four years after President Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act, they had seen electricity lift many families out of poverty. It created demand for new jobs and products, and enabled farmers to make efficiency upgrades that resulted in crops being produced and sold more quickly. Just seven months after Surry-Yadkin EMC closed on our first loan from the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), we energized our first lines on February 22, 1941. Eight months after we first delivered power to parts of Surry County, we held our first annual meeting. Electric cooperatives around the nation soon became the pillars that supported economic growth in rural America. Where there was a co-op, there was hope for tomorrow. Locally, Surry-Yadkin EMC became well-known in our communities, but we weren’t always recognized by that name. Many members referred to us simply as The REA; in fact, they even wrote checks out to REA when they paid their bills. Now, you may call us your energy company, or maybe even just “the co-op.” But to us, our name is more than a collection of words appearing at the top of company letterhead. It’s our brand: everything that comes to mind when you think of us. It is our hope that you always see us the same way that we see you: as neighbors, and supporters of the community. Eighty years ago we supported the community by providing electricity to anyone who wanted it. No matter the person, no matter the costs. Now, decades later, our focus is still to provide outstanding service that powers our rural communities by energizing, operating and maintaining the grid. But our commitment extends beyond providing electricity: Surry-Yadkin EMC, like all cooperatives, exists to meet and exceed the needs and expectations of our members. As a cooperative, we are owned and governed by our local members. We are proud to be a community partner and to lead in initiatives that make our communities even more vibrant places to live and work, whether that means feeding low-income families over the holidays, or providing aid to an organization that offers an essential service. We have met many of the communities’ needs over the past seventy-five years by adapting to change. Technological and social trends will continue to change the way we conduct our business, but nothing will change our mission to serve or who we are. Who are we? The dream of a group of farmers; a vision of a brighter tomorrow. MISSION STATEMENT To provide outstanding service that powers our rural communities. Bylaws (Updated 5-27-20) Service Rules and Regulations 7 Cooperative Principles Service Territory PERCENT MILES MEMBERS PERCENT MEMBERS COUNTY DISTRIBUTION MILES PER COUNTY PER COUNTY PER COUNTY ALLEGHANY 0.13 0.00% 2 0.01% FORSYTH 132.53 3.30% 1,091 3.84% STOKES 492.24 12.24% 3,475 12.23% SURRY 2,053.88 51.07% 14,177 49.89% WILKES 662.04 16.46% 4,452 15.67% YADKIN 680.56 16.92% 5,222 18.38% 4,021.38 100.00% 28,419 100.00% Based on 12-31-2020 Data For more information and to view the territories of all 26 North Carolina Electric Cooperatives visit www.ncemcs.com. Quick Links: Read the latest issue of Carolina Country Magazine by clicking the image above.. Our Main Office: 510 South Main Street, Dobson NC 27017 (336) 356-8241 or 1-800-682-5903 Employee Login Username * Password * Forgot your password? © 2014 Surry-Yadkin EMC. All Rights Reserved. Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives is a national network of electric cooperatives across 46 states that provides resources and leverages partnerships to help member cooperatives and their employees better engage and serve their members. By working together, Touchstone Energy cooperatives stand as a source of power and information to their 32 million member-owners every day.