I, along with the directors and employees of Harrison REMC, wish you all a happy and prosperous 2019. I would also like to thank all members for giving Harrison REMC the opportunity to serve you as your electric cooperative. Below I have put together a few items that are going on at Harrison REMC. Energy… Continue reading.

Page Day: Jan. 23 Spend a day in the Indiana Senate with students from REMCs around the state. REQUIREMENTS: You must be available on Jan. 23 and have reliable transportation to and from the Indiana Statehouse that day. The program is open to high school students. APPLY: Visit iga.in.gov/legislative/find-legistlators to find your state legislator. Visit… Continue reading.

Incentives are available for residential single-family homes, including condominiums. Residential heating/cooling incentives are limited to two per primary residence. Multi-family incentives are administered through the commercial/industrial program since equipment is purchased and owned by the building owner. The closing date for residential rebates will be Dec. 20, 2019. Qualified enrollments after that date will receive… Continue reading.

After 24 years of being one of the premiere energy advisors in Indiana and the Louisville metro area, Bob Geswein retired at the beginning of this year. Through the years, Geswein has been a driving force in the Touchstone Energy Home Program, which promotes building energy-efficient homes. From 2004 through 2018, Hoosier Energy and its… Continue reading.

Hoosier Energy and member-cooperative employees gain industry-specific training through the Department of Labor-certified Hoosier Energy Apprenticeship, Training and Safety program.  The 8,000-hour program takes four years to complete and includes 13 hands-on technical schools for apprentices to attend.  The program began in 1974 and has grown to include programs for line specialists, substation, metering, underground… Continue reading.

As some of you might know, cooperatives across the globe adhere to the same Seven Cooperative Principles that guide all of our decisions — from how we run the co-op to how we engage with our local communities. Concern for community is the seventh principle, and it is one that all employees of Harrison REMC… Continue reading.

Indiana has a new way to let someone know they are not welcome on your property… the Purple Paint law! This new law went into effect July 1, and it allows landowners to mark no-trespassing areas of their property with purple paint instead of no-trespassing signs. Homeowners and landowners can paint the perimeter of the… Continue reading.

Page Day: Jan. 23 Spend a day in the Indiana Senate with students from REMCs around the state. REQUIREMENTS: You must be available on Jan. 23 and have reliable transportation to and from the Indiana Statehouse that day. The program is open to high school students. APPLY: Visit iga.in.gov/legislative/find-legistlators to find your state legislator. Visit… Continue reading.

Being a member of an electric co-op is a unique opportunity to be part of the decision-making process in a business. Because Harrison REMC is a cooperative, it is owned by its members. That means members are responsible for voting for fellow members to take leadership positions on the board of directors. Each April, Harrison… Continue reading.

Harrison REMC is always working to provide the best service possible to our members. Accomplishing that goal includes continuous training for our skilled professionals. We are proud to announce that five employees recently graduated from the Hoosier Energy Apprenticeship Training and Safety (HEATS) program. Linemen Clayton Nix, Kody Kennedy, Joey Stilger and Nolan Brightman (all… Continue reading.

Harrison REMC is offering an opportunity for children to visit with Santa on Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 3:30–6:30 p.m. A photographer will be on hand to capture each child’s time with Santa. A photo of each child will be available at no charge, and parents can also bring a camera to take their own photo…. Continue reading.

There is more than meets the eye with this 283,000-pound transformer at Hoosier Energy’s coal-fired power plant. This equipment is in place to step-up or boost the energy being generated at the station before it is put onto the electric grid.  But what if this vital equipment fails?  There is not a “transformer store” that… Continue reading.