Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation

Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation, a non-profit organization based in North Carolina, receives federal grant funding as a sub-recipient under disaster-relief and emergency-repair awards administered by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The vendor operates exclusively in a sub-recipient role—100% of its recent federal footprint consists of sub-awards—and has not held prime contracts or IDV positions in the source data.

Rutherford Electric's three federal awards, spanning November 2025 through April 2026, total $18.3 million in combined obligated dollars and address emergency electrical infrastructure repair following declared disasters. The awards fall under two distinct FEMA-funded work categories: damaged electrical poles (labor, equipment, material, and contract work) and emergency interest loans for disaster repair. All three awards flow through the same pass-through entity, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, reflecting concentrated dependency on state-level disaster-grant administration.

Activity is nascent in the source data—one award in 2025 and two in 2026—with a single federal customer agency (FEMA, channeled through state grant administration). The vendor's federal footprint is new; the earliest award dates to November 2025. As a non-profit electric cooperative, Rutherford Electric's federal engagement to date aligns with its core operational mission (electrical utility delivery) rather than representing entry into new service lines or geographic markets. The three-month recency of the most recent award and the disaster-relief context suggest ongoing exposure to FEMA supplemental funding cycles, but the source contains no indication of planned recompete, vehicles, or teaming relationships beyond the state pass-through structure.