When your local electric cooperative’s energy advisor is stumped by a perplexing     power problem, the solution may come from a fellow energy advisor in another town – or  even another state. Local electric cooperatives, including your power provider, vary in size and the number of homes and businesses they serve. Yet they are… Continue reading.

Until you pause to think about it, it’s easy to overlook the convenience of electricity. While much has happened since 1936, thinking back to a time when LaGrange County residents went without electricity truly wasn’t that long ago. Today, 85 years later, we’re honored to celebrate our anniversary with you. To help commemorate the occasion,… Continue reading.

LaGrange County REMC traditionally volunteers to help judge local 4-H Electric projects at the LaGrange County Fair. Jake Taylor, our energy advisor, along with representatives from Noble REMC also judged electric projects at the Noble County Fair and the Dekalb County Fair.  Judging was a little different this year as 4-H members were able to… Continue reading.

LaGrange County REMC employees Amanda Prough and Jayson Rainsberger endured some raindrops while helping a member pre-register for broadband at our drive-thru event that took place during the LaGrange County Fair.

For just pennies a month, the power of our members joining together is making a huge impact on our community. Thanks to our participating members for allowing their bills to be rounded up each month to the nearest dollar.  Since the beginning of the program in January 2002, over $590,000 has been given back to… Continue reading.

Introducing Lagrange County REMC’s newest way to save you time and money … our automated telephone payment system. The system gives our members the quickest payment options available.  When you call our office, you will be able to choose to route your call to (1) report an outage, (2) make a payment and check your… Continue reading.

No matter your job, a business owner lives in your house: you! As a member of your local electric cooperative, you are actually an owner (a member-consumer) of the organization! Electric cooperatives sprang up across the U.S. in the 1930s as towns and cities across the nation gained access to electricity. The Rural Electrification Act… Continue reading.

Have you ever heard the saying “If you want something done right, do it yourself?” That’s what LaGrange County REMC did over 85 years ago. LaGrange County REMC was the first one to bring power to the rural communities in our area that had been ignored by large, investor-owned electric utilities in the 1930s. Today,… Continue reading.

The LaGrange County Regional Utility District recently applied for and received a $3,000 EnviroWatts grant from LaGrange County REMC.  After closing its Fish/Royer Lakes Wastewater Treatment Plant, the organization wanted to create a low-maintenance, wildlife-friendly landscape indigenous to the region. The district joined with Blue Heron Ministries to complete a three-year process to eliminate any… Continue reading.

LaGrange County REMC is attempting to locate former members who have unclaimed capital credits. These capital credits were retired and issued during 2018 for persons receiving electricity from the REMC during 1994 and 2017.    A list of the individuals who did not cash their check has been posted on our website at lagrangeremc.com. Click… Continue reading.

Several employees and their families passed out bottled water at the Stroh Days parade last month. We’re so grateful for community events like this to see our neighbors and spread the word about our broadband project!