Where does DREMC urre tly sta d o the issue of road a d?
As of 5/ /
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State Law
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O Mo da , April ,
, Go er or Hasla sig ed the Te essee Broad a d A essi ilit A t, re o i g legal
restri tio s to allo the state’s pri ate, e er-o ed ele tri ooperati es to pro ide high-speed i ter et seri e to o-op e ers. I light of this, DREMC is e a i i g all optio s.
Pote tial for I ter et Custo ers
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The e pe ted u er of e ers that ould su s ri e to road a d k o
ated at a out % of those eligi le.
as the "take rate" is esti-
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DREMC a erages ele tri e ers per ile of li e. Mu i ipals it o ed ele tri o pa ies like
Tullaho a a d Chatta ooga ha e a u h higher usto er de sit – to ti es higher.
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With a a erage parti ipatio of . usto ers per ile, the halle ge ill e ho
u h i est e t a
e paid for a d ai tai ed ith a reaso a le a d o petiti e o thl i ter et ill?
Cost
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The Te essee Valle Authorit ill NOT allo DREMC to fi a e a proje t to pro ide retail road a d
ith re e ue fro ele tri rates, or should the . I other ords, the road a d u dertaki g ill ha e to
sta d o its o fi a ial legs. This ill e a halle ge e ause the ai reaso ISPs su h as AT&T a d
Co ast are ot alread o our street or road is de sit – ot e ough pote tial usto ers to offset the
ost of the i est e t.
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The esti ated ost of pro idi g road a d a ess i DREMC’s ele tri ser i e area is $
illio , a d
this is just to get fi er to the edge of the road a d ot all the a to the ho e/ usi ess. Additio all ,
this proje t ould take + ears to o plete.
More i for atio o the reverse side
What We K ow
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DREMC’s efforts relati e to road a d started appro i atel o e ear ago, so e are further do the
road tha
a Te essee ele tri o-ops. Our Board of Dire tors, a age e t a d e plo ees are
o
itted to helpi g e pa d road a d a ess as e realize the i porta e of high-speed o e ti it
for our reside tial e ers, usi esses, a d s hools.
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This a k o e ill e a
- ile et ork fro Fra kli Cou t i the east to Maur Cou t i the est.
Our goal ould e to o plete it i three ears a d ould egi this ear.
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We elie e our i est e t i the ore et ork ill pote tiall e a starti g poi t to oti ate others to
fi d a s to rea h ho es a d usi esses ith fi er. This is here part eri g ith ISPs o es i to the
pi ture. We are i dis ussio s ith e perts i retail i ter et ser i e, a d there is defi itel i terest i
this approa h.
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Our stre gth is the operatio of a ele tri utilit . We elie e that e a e pa d this to i lude i stalli g a d ai tai i g the fi er opti tru k li es, ut this falls er short of ei g a I ter et Ser i e
Pro ider ISP .
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Whate er e do, it has to ake usi ess se se a d ot pla e a u due urde o DREMC ele tri ratepa ers. So e of the alread ha e road a d a ess. Others are ot i terested, period. Yet e er o e
a ts lo er ele tri rates.
ediatel , DREMC sees a solutio to its o digital o
u i atio pro le
usi g fi er-opti s to
o e t our offi es, su statio s a d other assets. This fi er a k o e or loop ill i pro e the ele tri
s ste , sa e the o-op o e a d help pro ide o ti ued relia le ele tri ser i e.
I Su
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DREMC u dersta ds the i porta e of road a d a ess for our o
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ary:
u ities.
We a t to e a part of the solutio .
It is ot our pla , at this ti e, to e a I ter et Ser i e Pro ider ISP , ut e
are a ti ely stri i g to part er ith urre t ISPs.