Indiana Electric Cooperatives recognized Sen. Jim Merritt (R, Dist. 31) for his leadership and support for electric cooperative legislative and policy priorities. The “Champion of Indiana’s Electric Cooperatives” award was presented Monday, Dec. 7, at the Indiana Electric Cooperatives annual …Read More.
Indiana Cooperatives in the News
Rural Indiana student leader wins $100,000 scholarship
Tipmont REMC member Wesley Boone won a $100,000 scholarship in the Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway. He was one of two finalists to compete in the contest at the Dec. 5 ACC Football Championship Game in Charlotte, N.C. The contest began earlier …Read More.
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
When Indiana linemen arrived in Sepamac, Guatemala, they faced immense challenges. They needed to string 11 miles of wire and connect 76 poles and 96 anchors, all by hand and with record temperatures of 100-degree heat. When Gayvin Strantz, vice …Read More.
Two Indiana electric cooperatives receiving $43 million in federal loans
Two Indiana electric cooperatives are receiving a combined $43 million in federal loans to improve their infrastructure. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Southeastern Indiana REMC a $20 million loan and Tipmont REMC a $23 million loan. The loans include …Read More.
What is Project Indiana?
Through Project Indiana, Indiana’s electric cooperatives are empowering global communities one Guatemalan village at a time. Beginning in 2012, the International Year of the Cooperative, two teams of Indiana linemen spent a month electrifying three villages in Guatemala. Lives were …Read More.
Meet the linemen of Project Indiana
In the jungles of Guatemala, 14 linemen from Indiana’s electric cooperatives braved primitive roads and mountainous terrain — different challenges than what they typically face as Indiana linemen. But together, they had one goal — to electrify Sepamac, a remote …Read More.
Cindy Denney named 2015 C. Tom Taylor Award recipient
Indiana Electric Cooperatives named Cindy Denney the recipient of the 2015 C. Tom Taylor Award. Denney, director of marketing and customer services at Jay County REMC, was presented the award during the Marketing, Member Services and Communicators (MMSC) professional section …Read More.
Hoosier Energy power plants earn OSHA safety award
Two of Hoosier Energy’s worksites – the Worthington and Lawrence generating stations – recently received certification as VPP “Star” sites. VPP, or Voluntary Protection Program, is an OSHA program for workplace health and safety administered through the Indiana Department of …Read More.
Indiana’s electric cooperatives to participate in 50 unique service projects
Indiana’s electric cooperatives will host the second annual ‘Indiana’s Electric Cooperative Community Day’ on Friday, Oct. 9. Thirty of Indiana’s electric cooperatives will complete a project that meets a specific need within their service area. Working side-by-side, Indiana’s electric cooperatives …Read More.
Rural co-ops fight to survive Clean Power Plan’s carbon limits
Hoosier Energy’s CFO explains how the Clean Power Plan’s final rule fails to account for the remaining useful life of current generating resources. Read More. Article courtesy of Agri-Pulse