History of Flint Energies
1937
- April 23 – Incorporated as Taylor County EMC
- September 8 – First 20 miles of line energized to serve 40 families
- September 8 – First 20 miles of line energized to serve 40 families
1938
December 31 – 199 homes and 233 public buildings and businesses were receiving service
1940
First Reynolds office constructed
1941
January 30 – Changed name to Flint EMC
1949
First Warner Robins office opens
1960
New Reynolds headquarters office built
1963
Began answering phones 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
1968
First Perry office opens
1971
New Warner Robins office and warehouse built
1979
SCADA used for the first time
1981
Introduces load management program
1990
Upatoi office opens
1991
Service Center office opens
1995
Give Us An A program begins
1998
- First Energy Store opens
- Begins Fort Benning operations
- Offers green power for the first time
- Provides 24 hour automated outage reporting to members
- Begins Fort Benning operations
- Offers green power for the first time
- Provides 24 hour automated outage reporting to members
2000
- New Perry office opens on Perry Parkway
- Adds Fort Benning office and warehouse
- Adds Fort Benning office and warehouse
2001
Operation Round Up program begins
2005
- Awards our one-millionth dollar through Operation Round Up
- Starts the first-ever Line Technician Co-op Scholarship Program
- Becomes the first electric co-op to operate our entire service fleet on biodiesel and ethanol fuel blends
- Re-introduces load management program
- Starts the first-ever Line Technician Co-op Scholarship Program
- Becomes the first electric co-op to operate our entire service fleet on biodiesel and ethanol fuel blends
- Re-introduces load management program
2006
- First Spirit of Flint award presented
- First Bright Ideas grants awarded
- First Bright Ideas grants awarded
2007
Inc. Magazine names Flint Energies to its list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies.
2008
- Elberta Road office closes
- New Member Center office opens on Russell Parkway in Warner Robins
- Flint becomes one of the nation’s first rural electric cooperatives to support job creation through USDA REDL&G program with a $9M loan for Arriscraft
- Flint offers remote payment stations for the first time
- New Member Center office opens on Russell Parkway in Warner Robins
- Flint becomes one of the nation’s first rural electric cooperatives to support job creation through USDA REDL&G program with a $9M loan for Arriscraft
- Flint offers remote payment stations for the first time
2009
- Installs bird nest boxes to help save the endangered southeastern American kestrel
- Georgia Trend Magazine names Flint Energies one of the 10 Best Places to Work in Georgia
- Georgia Trend Magazine names Flint Energies one of the 10 Best Places to Work in Georgia
2010
- Begins receiving electricity from landfill gas generation project at Houston County landfill
- Awarded Smart Grid Demonstration grant funds from the Department of Energy
- Awarded Smart Grid Demonstration grant funds from the Department of Energy
2012
- Celebrates the Co-op’s 75th Anniversary
- Awards our three-millionth dollar through Operation Round Up
- Serves more than 84,400 meters through 6,406 miles of line and 50 substations
- Begins Pay Your Way prepaid electricity program
- Offers kiosk payment option for the first time
- Appliance Center permanently closes
- Awards our three-millionth dollar through Operation Round Up
- Serves more than 84,400 meters through 6,406 miles of line and 50 substations
- Begins Pay Your Way prepaid electricity program
- Offers kiosk payment option for the first time
- Appliance Center permanently closes
2013
- Museum of Aviation begins receiving 100% green energy
- Touchstone Energy celebrates 15th anniversary
- Flint is a major proponent of the new Georgia Grown marketing initiative
- Fort Benning fiber network is completed
- Touchstone Energy celebrates 15th anniversary
- Flint is a major proponent of the new Georgia Grown marketing initiative
- Fort Benning fiber network is completed
2014
Washington Youth Tour celebrates 50 years
2015
- Flint begins performing Sudden Impacts
- Flint begins a college scholarship program
- Flint begins a college scholarship program
2016
- Holds open house for newly built headquarters and Reynolds Operations Center
- Begins Operation Round Up Plus
- Installs solar panel at Thomson Middle School as part of SunPower for Schools (now Energy Education Program)
- Begins Operation Round Up Plus
- Installs solar panel at Thomson Middle School as part of SunPower for Schools (now Energy Education Program)
2017
- Celebrates Flint's 80th Anniversary
- Increases kWh rate to 10.55 cents per kWh
- Begins Distribution Automation pilot project
- Two linemen travel to Bolivia to bring electricity to the developing country
- Hurricane Irma knocks out 36,535 meters (out of 85,026). Power is restored to all in 99.5 working hours.
- Increases kWh rate to 10.55 cents per kWh
- Begins Distribution Automation pilot project
- Two linemen travel to Bolivia to bring electricity to the developing country
- Hurricane Irma knocks out 36,535 meters (out of 85,026). Power is restored to all in 99.5 working hours.
2018
- Recognized as a 5-Star Co-op by NRECA
- Receives a 100 on safety accreditation
- Debuts the antique truck at the Georgia Strawberry Festival
- Receives a 100 on safety accreditation
- Debuts the antique truck at the Georgia Strawberry Festival
2019
- Builds an osprey platform to encourage an osprey habitat in south Houston County
- Introduces the electric vehicle rate
- Awards our five-millionth dollar through Operation Round Up
- Begin the Rural Murals program
- Begins the Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead program
- Introduces the electric vehicle rate
- Awards our five-millionth dollar through Operation Round Up
- Begin the Rural Murals program
- Begins the Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead program
2020
- Holds first-ever virtual Annual Meeting due to COVID-19
- Record-breaking year for Energy Assistance program…more than $1.3M received
- Renews 10-year Fort Benning contract
- Record-breaking year for Energy Assistance program…more than $1.3M received
- Renews 10-year Fort Benning contract
2021
- Holds first-ever drive-thru/virtual Annual Meeting due to COVID-19