Upshur Rural
Electric Cooperative
Serving East Texans
since 1937.
Outage Updates:
***URECC MEMBERS***
At this time, there are no updates to share.
🚨 URGENT: URECC MEMBERS – SCAM ALERT 🚨
***SCAM ALERT – URECC MEMBERS***
We have been notified by members about a scam involving individuals posing as URECC representatives. The scammers claim a payment of $1,500 is required—often involving a Walmart gift card—and may send a barcode via text message, instructing the recipient to scan it to complete the transaction. The fraudulent calls are coming from 1-888-693-8863 EXT 1001, and victims are threatened with meter removal if they do not comply.
Please remember: URECC will NEVER demand immediate payment or threaten disconnection without proper notice.�Stay alert, and help protect others by sharing this warning—especially with senior citizens who may be more vulnerable to such scams.
If you are unsure about a communication or need to verify someone claiming to be from URECC, please contact us directly at 903-843-2536 or 800-259-2536.
Hecate Energy's
East Texas Solar Farm
The Hecate solar farm lies at the northwest corner of the intersection of Highway259 and Highway 155. It is owned by Hecate Energy. Power produced at the Hecate solar farm is sold to URECC as part of our energy portfolio, which currently includes power produced by solar, wind, hydro-electric dams, natural gas, and coal.
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In 2016 URECC sent out member surveys. The collected data from the survey results stated that URECC members wanted URECC to include solar as part of our energy portfolio, but did not wish for URECC to spend the investment to build our own solar farm. The URECC Board of Directors and executive staff began inquiries following the survey to honor the members preferences with a solar farm. After many negotiations and possible projects, in 2020 URECC began negotiating with Hecate Energy, which builds solar farms nationally and internationally.
URECC secured the land at the intersection of State Highways 155 and 259 and Hecate began the building of the 3 megawatt solar farm. The project was completed in the summer of 2021. Although the 3 megawatt system is a very small portion of the power used by URECC members, the cost of power comes in at a much smaller percentage of the power bought wholesale from the other generation companies in the URECC energy portfolio.