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About Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE)

Founded in 1936, MTE is the largest electric cooperative in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) region and the second largest in the United States, serving more than 750,000 Tennesseans via 330,000+ accounts covering nearly 2,200 square miles in 11 Middle Tennessee counties, primarily Rutherford, Cannon, Williamson and Wilson. Municipalities served include Murfreesboro, Franklin, Brentwood, Smyrna, La Vergne, Lebanon and Mt. Juliet. MTE employs around 530 people in six local offices and its Murfreesboro headquarters.  
  
MTE’s subsidiary, United Communications, is a nationally recognized broadband company with a fiber network spanning more than 3,800 route miles, providing high-speed internet and phone services to portions of Bedford, Davidson, Franklin, Giles, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Rutherford, Williamson, and Wilson counties.

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Media Contacts

Larry Rose

Office: 615-494-1506
Mobile: 615-406-3215

Amy Byers

Office: 615-494-0407
Mobile: 615-566-2258

Recent Press Releases

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Press Release: June 13
MTE offers expert tips to cut energy costs during hot weather With temperatures in Middle Tennessee expected to soar in

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Press Release: June 12, 2024
MTE LINEMEN DISPLAY SKILLS AT TENNESSEE VALLEY LINEMAN RODEO  MTE team sweeps three of four categories, places second i

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Press Release: June 4, 2024
MTE Linemen Return from Volunteering in Guatemala  A team of 11 linemen from Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) returned at

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Press Release: May 13, 2024
Middle Tennessee Electric and Silicon Ranch Announce First Utility-Scale Solar Project Under TVA’s Expanded Generation F

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Press Release: May 6, 2024
Middle Tennessee Electric Partners with TVA to Award Grants to Local Schools Through School Uplift Program  Representati

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Press Release: April 19, 2024
MTE Traffic Advisory for I-24 Sunday, April 21 Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) advises caution for Rutherford County mo