Instead of paying cash as a membership security deposit to Dixie Electric Cooperative, an applicant for service can post a surety bond for the same amount. Dixie Electric sets the deposit figure, usually sized to your estimated or historical usage; the premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — enter your amount below for your exact price.
















No underwriting queue for the standard co-op deposit bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with Dixie Electric. Here is the whole thing:
Your member or business details, the deposit amount Dixie Electric set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Most applicants have the bond generated as soon as they pay, no waiting. The application collects no credit information; if a check ever runs on a larger amount, it is a soft pull that never touches your score.
Submit the executed bond to Dixie Electric Cooperative in place of the cash deposit on your account. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the co-op insists.
Dixie Electric Cooperative is a member-owned, nonprofit electric distribution cooperative founded in 1938, serving member-owners across Barbour, Bullock, Montgomery, Macon, Lee, Pike, and Tallapoosa counties in southeast Alabama. When you join or reinstate service, the co-op can require a security deposit — sized to your expected or recent usage — and typically accepts a surety bond in place of that cash deposit.
The bond is a payment guarantee in lieu of the cash deposit: it stands behind the electric charges on your account. If the account goes unpaid and the deposit would have covered it, Dixie Electric can recover against the bond instead of drawing down a cash deposit.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the cooperative, you repay the surety. The advantage is cash flow: you pay a small premium — from $100 — rather than locking up the full deposit amount. Enter the figure Dixie Electric set on your account and your exact price appears at the application.
Submit the application with the deposit amount Dixie Electric set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file in lieu of the cash deposit.
Start the application →Premiums from $100 — your exact price appears at the application. Enter the deposit Dixie Electric set and file the same day.