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Learn More About SmartHub!

SmartHub provides convenient account access and two-way communication with URECC—online or on your mobile device. Manage payments, report service issues, check your usage, and receive special messages from URECC—all at the...

What’s On A Power Pole?

This illustration shows common equipment found on electric power distribution poles. Not every pole contains all of this equipment—configurations vary based on location and the type of service provided....

How Can Birds Sit On Powerlines?

Electricity moves through power lines from high energy areas to low energy areas, such as from the powerful production plant to your much lower voltage home. Electricity will travel...

TEC Youth Tour

Congratulations to Rylee Murphy from Harmony High School. This June, Rylee will be representing URECC on the Texas Electric Cooperatives' Government-in-Action Youth Tour. Are you a Texas high school student? Would you...

East Texas Leadership Camp

Each year, Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative joins eight other East Texas cooperatives in sponsoring the East Texas Rural Electric Youth Seminar (ETREYS). URECC offers an all-expenses-paid trip for 10 high school...

Scholarships for Graduating Seniors

The 2025 URECC scholarship application will open February 1 and close at midnight on April 15, 2025. Scholarships for Graduating Seniors One of the best investments a community can make is...

What is a Co-op?

What is a cooperative? Cooperatives are owned and operated by the people they serve. Instead of being called customers, members get a say in how the co-op is run—including voting for...

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