Although buses are once again shuttling students to school, the sweltering summer heat still kicks on the air conditioning, draining more money from wallets. While it’s early in the school year for tests, there are three elementary steps to long-term energy savings and keeping more money in your wallet. Just seal, insulate, and equip to… Continue reading.

Have you ever watched a video or TV show where a person is cooking a meal, then suddenly, they snap their fingers, and the meal is plated and ready to eat? That’s called a jump cut.  While we wish we could “jump cut” from a power outage to power restoration, it can often take a… Continue reading.

Electricity can be extraordinary and dangerous. As adults, we understand that. For children, it’s hard to look past the convenience of flipping a switch and understand that it can have fatal consequences if misused. Every May, we visit local schools to share our Electrical Education for Kids (EEK) program with their current class of 1st… Continue reading.

Trees add immeasurable value to your property but maintaining them comes with a cost. They need pruning, and sometimes heavy trimming or removal. The most common types of serious tree trimming accidents are: Electrocution — You can be seriously injured or killed if you come into contact with an electric line. If there’s a chance… Continue reading.

The long summer sunlight hours offer unique opportunities to spend time in the great outdoors. The sun can also inspire ideas — and even power activities — for families looking to have fun. More technology utilizes solar power, offering new tools and ideas for things to do. Families can spend time together with a variety… Continue reading.

We see time evolving all around us: the leaves on the trees in our yard display the season, children get bigger — or new ones arrive! For some, graduations mean moving on to high school, leaving for college or moving into a first apartment. And some of us notice a bit more gray in the… Continue reading.

District 1 KLINT MOSER (INCUMBENT) Moser is a lifelong Adams County resident. He was elected to the board in 2014 and is running unopposed. He serves on the co-op’s membership and public relations committee. Moser lives in rural Decatur with his wife, Amy, and their two children, Grace and Kate. He graduated from Adams Central… Continue reading.

As summer quickly approaches, one of my favorite things about this time of year is educating our members on energy efficiency and savings before the dog days of summer hit. After all, the summer months bring some of the highest energy bills of the year. But why? Cooling your home accounts for a large portion… Continue reading.