Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb at a ceremonial event today signed Senate Enrolled Act 478, the Facilitating Internet Broadband Rural Expansion (FIBRE) Act. The legislation allows Indiana’s electric cooperatives to use existing overhead utility easements to extend fiber line for the  …Read More.

Indiana’s electric cooperatives and their statewide magazine, Electric Consumer, have named the winners of the 20th annual Cooperative Calendar of Student Art Contest. Naomi Schroeder, a student at St. John Lutheran School in Kendallville, was named artist of the year  …Read More.

A crew of 16 Indiana electric cooperative lineworkers participated in  a trip to a developing area of Guatemala last month as part of an international initiative to bring electricity to the region. “Project Indiana: Empowering Global Communities for a Better  …Read More.

A crew of 16 Indiana electric cooperative lineworkers traveled to Guatemala Sunday as part of an international initiative to bring electricity to a developing area in Guatemala. “Project Indiana: Empowering Global Communities for a Better Tomorrow” will bring electricity to  …Read More.

Thirteen lineworkers graduated Saturday, Jan. 28, from Indiana Electric Cooperatives’ apprenticeship program, Rural Electric Apprentice Program (REAP). REAP is a four-year program that professionally trains apprentice lineworkers from across Indiana. Graduates complete 576 hours of classroom-related study and 8,000 hours  …Read More.

Indiana’s electric cooperatives and their statewide magazine, Electric Consumer, will honor five young Hoosier electric cooperative members who are making a difference in their communities. The Youth Power and Hope Awards program honors students in fifth through eighth grades who  …Read More.

Indiana’s electric cooperatives will host the third annual “Indiana’s Electric Cooperative Community Day” Friday, Oct. 14. Thirty-three 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 will  …Read More.

Indiana Electric Cooperatives named Jason Clemmons the recipient of the 2016 C. Tom Taylor Award. Clemmons, vice president of marketing and member services at RushShelby Energy, was presented the award during the Marketing, Member Services and Communicators (MMSC) professional section  …Read More.