Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation
UtilitiesDelaware, United States11-50 Employees
DEMEC is a joint action agency based in Smyrna, Delaware. It serves eight member communities that own and operate their electric systems, delivering wholesale power and services to almost 100,000 residents and local businesses in New Castle, Newark, Middletown, Smyrna, Clayton, Milford, Seaford, and Lewes. DEMEC coordinates a power supply from an optimized mix of owned resources and contracts, seeking competitive pricing, with a generation portfolio that includes natural gas and renewable energy, and more than 85% of its supply coming from low- to no-emission sources. The organization emphasizes expanding renewable energy, demand response resources, and energy efficiency to reduce its carbon footprint. Since 2018, its energy efficiency program has saved customers over 5 million kilowatt hours, roughly the annual consumption of 648 homes.