Whether we’re talking about restaurants, car dealers, or department stores, most businesses work pretty hard at encouraging you to spend more. So why would the company selling you electricity instead keep talking about spending smarter? Unlike businesses that focus on rewarding shareholders, Kankakee Valley REMC is a non-profit that exists solely to serve member-consumers like… Continue reading.

Boys & Girls Clubs of LaPorte County received a $2,000 grant. Boys & Girls Clubs of LaPorte County offer free after-school programming that supports academic success, character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. This grant will help support supply costs for two years of programming at the Westville Boys & Girls Club. The club anticipates serving… Continue reading.

In this section, we’ll tell you where our maintenance and construction crews will be and what they will be doing. Substation Maintenance: To improve performance, reliability, and the growing electrical demand, preliminary work has begun to upgrade Porter Substation. This substation feeds part of Lakes of the Four Seasons and rural Hebron areas. The upgrades… Continue reading.

Kankakee Valley REMC is not owned by far-away investorws or an appointed board of directors. It is run by a democratically elected board that is given the privilege to serve its fellow co-op member-consumers, neighbors, and friends. If leading your co-op interests you, consider running for directorship in the 2023 election.  At the member appreciation… Continue reading.

Tree trimming maintenance is a year-round program for KV REMC. Trimming back trees, especially during the winter months, decreases outages caused by fallen tree limbs during storms with high winds, heavy snow, and ice. A properly executed tree trimming program will provide our member-consumers with safe and reliable electricity. Our contract crews are trimming in… Continue reading.

This holiday season, while preparing for the fun that comes from the enjoyable winter holidays, you also can prepare for the higher bills caused by the wastes of energy past, present, and future. By overcoming these energy phantoms, you can make amends for past wasted energy and prevent them from taking more from your wallet… Continue reading.

When you go grocery shopping, it’s easy to see where every dollar goes. Some money pays for fresh produce, some goes to dairy products. It’s easy to know what your grocery budget covers because everything is right there in your cart. It’s not quite as simple to see where your energy dollars go. First, it’s important… Continue reading.

Data gathered will help plan for the future During this month and next, Kankakee Valley REMC will be conducting a survey of residential co-op member-consumers. The survey, formerly done via telephone, will now be done by email. This survey is conducted every three years, and helps our power supplier, Wabash Valley Power Alliance, determine how… Continue reading.

Kankakee Valley REMC has a long-standing commitment to strengthening the communities its member-consumers call home. Since we are focused on the future, preparing our students to become the next generation of community leaders is one of our priorities. We do that through a variety of activities and scholarships.  Through the new Junior Board of Directors… Continue reading.

If you are currently a Kankakee Valley REMC member-consumer and were also one during 2004-05 and/or 2021, you can expect to see a credit on your bill generated in December. This credit is from our power supplier, Wabash Valley Power Alliance.  WVPA is a non-profit cooperative, just like KV REMC. Any margins it earns over… Continue reading.