The Jasper County Fair allows us to support the community we serve. We are one of the many sponsors of the fair, and part of that sponsorship includes a day to staff the sponsor booth. We started our day early, offering free donut holes and coffee to those out and about. Employees enjoyed the chance… Continue reading.

This month, I thought I would highlight how your electric cooperative supports the youth in our community. Our website has a page dedicated to yearly student opportunities with links to additional information. Most of these programs require the participant to be a son, daughter, or legal ward of a Jasper County REMC member, except for… Continue reading.

To start, I would like to reference my February article and let you know that we are continuing to compile data for our cost-of-service study. I will discuss that again in a few months once we have more information. The warmer weather is letting us know that spring is on its way. Changing seasons and… Continue reading.

Even though Jasper County REMC operates as a not-for-profit cooperative, we are not immune to the rapidly increasing market power prices and inflationary pressures on material costs. We are always looking for ways to control our costs, and at the same time, we must look at the market we are in and try to forecast… Continue reading.

You may or may not know that Jasper County REMC operates according to a set of core principles known as the seven cooperative principles. They are open and voluntary membership; democratic member control; members’ economic participation; autonomy and independence; education; training, and information; cooperation among cooperatives; and concern for the community. Since capital credits were… Continue reading.

I have heard many people say they wish they had a way to predict the future. Would such a device be the ultimate Christmas gift? What would I see if I used it to predict the future of our electric grid? I think I would see some amazing electric devices we have yet to imagine…. Continue reading.

Welcome to this season of thankfulness and holiday spirit! For those of us at Jasper County REMC, it’s also a busy time of projects, programs and educational opportunities. What I’m thankful for I am thankful for our team at Jasper County REMC. That team includes a seven-member board of directors who oversee the financial health… Continue reading.

I was fortunate to be able to attend the Indiana Electric Cooperative Lineman Rodeo this year. This is a new event in our area that is arranged by Indiana Electric Cooperatives, or IEC for short. IEC represents 38 member cooperatives in Indiana and we are a member. In its second year, the Lineman Rodeo took… Continue reading.

I have written a few articles about our cooperative principle of “concern for community.” Our fair activities this year show that commitment. We celebrated 85 years of business at the annual meeting held in July, which demonstrates another cooperative principle, “democratic member control.” We gave out donut holes and coffee and visited with many of… Continue reading.