Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation

UtilitiesDelaware, United States11-50 Employees

𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣: To support our members' success and relevance, DEMEC delivers excellence in competitive, reliable, sustainable power supply and innovative services, advancing the benefits of community-owned utilities.

Dedicated to serving eight communities in our great state that own and operate their electric systems, the 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗖) provides wholesale electric power supply and other services to benefit nearly 100,000 residents and local businesses in New Castle, Newark, Middletown, Smyrna, Clayton, Milford, Seaford, and Lewes. Over the past ten years, all our member systems have experienced annual growth rates well above the national average.

As a Joint Action Agency, we supply our members’ power requirements from an optimized mix of owned generation resources and contracts with other generators, utilizing economies of scale to secure competitive power supply pricing. These assets include natural gas, solar, and wind energy; all of which have extremely low to no emissions. DEMEC has invested in over 26MW of utility-scale solar, 71MW of wind, and 215MW of natural gas generation. 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟴𝟱% 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗖’𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

DEMEC continues to support renewable energy, expand demand response resources, and increase the impact of energy efficiency to reduce our carbon footprint. Since 2018, our energy efficiency program has saved customers over 5 million kilowatt hours of energy, equal to 648 homes’ electricity use for an entire year. Through prudent investments and strategic market purchases 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗖 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟲% 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 $𝟳𝟲.𝟳 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 over the past ten years.

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