Diverse Power Timeline
October 1924: Franklin D. Roosevelt makes his first visit to Georgia, seeking relief from polio at Warm Springs.Mid 1920s: Roosevelt stops at a Mountville drugstore owned by O.R. Caudle, with whom he discusses the need for rural electricity.
November 1932: Roosevelt is elected president of the United States.
May 11, 1935: Roosevelt enacts the Rural Electrification Administration (REA).
Spring 1936: O.R. Caudle and others gather at Troup County Court House to form a group with the purpose of bringing rural electricity to the area.
July 9, 1936: A charter is granted and the new electric cooperative is named Troup County Rural Electrification Corporation.
July 10, 1936: The co-op's first legal meeting is held and directors are elected.
October 28, 1936 : The contract for the first 76.7 miles of power lines is officially let.
May 6, 1937: The first 76.7 miles of electric power lines are energized, bringing rural power to the people of Troup County.
January 1938: The name of the co-op is changed to Troup County Electric Membership Corporation.
August 11, 1938: Giving a speech in Barnesville, FDR states, "it can be said that a little cottage at Warm Springs, Georgia, was the birthplace of the Rural Electrification Administration."
April 12, 1995: During the 50th commemorative ceremony of FDR's death in Warm Springs, Anne Roosevelt speaks of her grandfather's relationship with Warm Springs and west Georgia: "We who bear his name by birth do not own his legacy. You do."
July 1996: The co-op moves to new headquarters at 1400 South Davis Road.
May 2002: Troup EMC's name is changed to Diverse Power Incorporated.
