Each opportunity to give of our time and our knowledge is an opportunity to enact change and better our community. One such opportunity is serving on Noble REMC’s board of directors. You may question how you can contribute to an electric cooperative board: “I don’t know anything about electricity!” We’re not looking for electrical expertise… Continue reading.

It’s not an easy task to take on by yourself – helping to improve the environment. Let Noble REMC and our members help. Each year, we provide grants from our EnviroWatts program to benefit nonprofit service organizations working to improve the environment locally. Is your organization cleaning up a local river or lake? Are you… Continue reading.

Cooperative Calendar of Student Art Contest Public, private or home-schooled students in kindergarten through 12th grade during the 2020-21 school year are encouraged to enter their best artwork for this contest, which will showcase the best submissions from each grade level in the 2022 Cooperative Calendar of Student Art.  A first-place artist will be selected… Continue reading.

In celebrating our 85 years of service to our community in 2021, it’s nice to look back at where we came from – right here in our community. But our current headquarters used to look very different, and is also not the first location we called home. Do you remember? We started on Main Street… Continue reading.

Electric vehicles (EVs) cost less to operate than gas-powered cars  EV operation can be three to five times cheaper than gasoline and diesel-powered cars, depending on local gasoline and electric rates. EVs are environmentally friendly EVs have no tailpipe emissions. The facility producing your electricity may produce emissions, but electricity from hydro, solar, nuclear or… Continue reading.

LaGrange County REMC Energy Advisor Jake Taylor helped a co-op member scour his house to find the culprit causing the member’s high energy bills.  Taylor started in the homeowner’s basement, at the circuit breaker box. He didn’t have to travel any further. Taylor connected a Sense, which is a home energy monitor that tracks electricity… Continue reading.

When we say that we live in a “connected” world, most of us think about technology, like our smartphones and other devices and gadgets. But when you’re a member of an electric co-op, there’s so much more to being part of our connected co-op community.  We depend on you because you power our success, and… Continue reading.

“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” — Robert F. Kennedy Kennedy’s words ring true. Each opportunity to give of our time and our… Continue reading.

It’s a unique feature of electric cooperatives for generations of family members to be woven into its history. From linemen and engineers to office personnel and board members, there are family trees that have Noble REMC in its roots. That’s the case for Meter Supervisor Dan Cochard, a 33-year veteran of the co-op. Cochard discovered… Continue reading.

Providing our community’s youth with fun trips and opportunities each year, whether it’s exploring our nation’s capital or making friends at summer camp, is one of Noble REMC’s favorite ways in which we give back. Unfortunately, due to the unpredictability of COVID-19 and its effect on future travel, it’s been decided that three of our… Continue reading.

With the holiday season upon us and the new year just around the corner, I can’t help but reflect on the gratitude I feel for our community. I think most will agree this has been a year like no other — certainly in my lifetime. And while we’ve seen our share of challenges, I am… Continue reading.