General Info

Clarke-Washington EMC, a Touchstone Energy Cooperative, is a member-owned electric cooperative headquartered in Jackson, Ala. Clarke-Washington EMC serves more than 19,799 meters across some 3,978 miles of line in Clarke, Washington, Monroe and Wilcox counties of Alabama, as well as the municipalities of Coffeeville, Chatom, Millry and McIntosh, Ala. In July 1937, the newly organized Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation activated its first lines and turned on the electric lights in rural areas, which had long been denied the convenience of electricity. The cooperative was the first of its kind in the state. Clarke-Washington EMC has two locations in the state, Chatom and Jackson, Ala.