Students, mark your calendar for these great summer opportunities: Sixth grade students can apply to attend Camp Kilowatt (formerly Touchstone Energy Camp) June 4-7. High School juniors can apply for an all expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., on the 2025 Youth Tour, June 15-22. Watch next month’s Indiana Connection for more information. Online applications… Continue reading.

After Hurricane Helene hit the southeastern United States, Indiana’s electric cooperative crews traveled to Georgia to assist Cobb EMC in Marietta in restoring electric service, then moved on to work in the territory served by Jefferson Energy Cooperative in Wrens. Jefferson Energy Cooperative faced catastrophic damage, with 100% of its members without power at one… Continue reading.

Electrify Indiana 2024, presented by Hoosier Energy, Wabash Valley Power Alliance, and Indiana Electric Cooperatives, took the Westin Hotel in Indianapolis by storm on Aug. 26.  Over 300 people, representing 120 companies, 48 sponsors, and 44 tradeshow booths, attended the event designed to promote beneficial electrification. There was something for everyone.  The day featured nine… Continue reading.

After years of managing to avoid a formal rate increase, the pressures of rising wholesale power prices and significant supply chain and inflationary costs have forced Orange County REMC to implement an electric rate increase. (Note: Although the wholesale power cost tracker has changed over the years, this is the first base rate increase since… Continue reading.

NOV. 3: Change your clocks and “Fall Back” as Daylight Saving Time ends NOV. 11: Veterans Day (REMC and Fiber Offices Open) NOV. 28-29: Office closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

Two years ago, Hoosier Energy became the first generation and transmission cooperative to receive a Certificate of Inclusion for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agree with Assurances (CCAA) for the monarch butterfly. That commitment to integrated vegetation management and the practices encouraging habitat maintenance and development continues to reap benefits. This… Continue reading.

For the consumer-members of Orange County REMC, keeping the lights on at a cost you can afford is the focal point of everything your REMC does. Transparency is one of our core values, so in addition to sharing co-op successes, I believe we also have a responsibility to tell you about the challenges. Earlier this… Continue reading.