Have you ever connected to Wi-Fi and noticed it was painfully slow, only to switch to another device on the same network and find the speed dramatically better? This difference in speed can often be attributed to the Wi-Fi card in each device. The Wi-Fi card is the final component in a long equipment chain… Continue reading.
Thanks to your collective donations, Operation Round Up® is becoming a very successful way to provide funds to local community programs and projects. Those eligible to apply for funds include groups or organizations located within the Southern Indiana Power service territory which covers Perry and Spencer counties along with some areas in Dubois and Warrick… Continue reading.
Use this information to figure your bill for electric use in July, August and September. Rate Schedule for Standard Service Standard Service Consumer Charge $26 Standard Service Energy Charge $0.1124 Wholesale Power Cost Tracker $0.0032091 Total bill x Indiana sales tax 7% Example for 1,200 kWh Standard Service Consumer Charge $26 1,200 kWh @ $0.1124… Continue reading.
Visit www.myremc.coop, and look under the “REMC Store” link for Holiday World tickets. Or go directly to www.holidayworld.com/funclub. To receive the discount, use the following information to login and complete your purchase: Username: Holiday496 Password: World496 Season passes and concert tickets for special events can also be purchased this way. Children 2 and under are… Continue reading.
Orange County REMC members can now get discounts by using the Touchstone Energy membership benefit card. This card offers cooperative members more than 25,000 local and national deals on products and services. A list of discounts is available at www.connections.coop. Along with regional and national discounts, these local businesses offer special discounts to Orange County… Continue reading.
More than 600 members and their families enjoyed a great night at the 80th annual meeting of the cooperative. Kirby Staley brought live music in the auditorium, directors were reseated, and briefings from Orange County REMC board members and me were heard. There were over 40 door prizes given away as well. Mary Lea Brown… Continue reading.
If you’re in the market to buy, build or remodel a home, please come to our free home energy seminar July 26 & 27. You’ll learn a variety of valuable ways to save money with energy-efficient construction techniques. The sessions are held in our community room at 7 p.m. Just give us a call to… Continue reading.
Lineman risk injury to themselves and damage to their equipment, rubber gloves, boots and protective clothing when items are posted on poles. Keep utility poles free of signs and fliers. Don’t post birdhouses, balloons and especially anything with staples, tacks or nails.
Steuben County REMC is trying to locate former members who have unclaimed patronage capital refund checks. These unclaimed checks, from our 2012-2014 general retirement patronage refunds, are for members who were served by Steuben County REMC in the years 1982-1984, and were returned to us as “undeliverable” by the U.S. Postal Service. Funds must be… Continue reading.
Chelsea VanAken, daughter of Steuben County REMC system engineer David VanAken, has been awarded the 2017 Indiana REMC Managers’ Association Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to the son or daughter of an employee or director of Indiana’s electric cooperatives to be used for furthering his or her education. VanAken is a graduate of Fremont High… Continue reading.
Steuben County REMC, in partnership with its wholesale power provider, Wabash Valley Power, offers rebate incentives to co-op members who make energy-efficient upgrades to their existing homes and commercial facilities, as well as efficient choices to new structures. Recently, JICI Construction was the recipient of a POWER MOVES® rebate in the amount of $20,119.50. The… Continue reading.
The cooperative was born from community involvement. When farmers in the 1930s could not afford to pay the exorbitant rates from investor-owned utilities, they came together to form an organization that would provide at-cost power to ease the burdens of home and farm. Today, the co-op still abides by the initial purpose and mission —… Continue reading.
If you would like to figure your electric bill (to compare to the one Kankakee Valley REMC sends you), here’s how: Track the kilowatt-hours you used on your meter for the month (or use the amount shown on your bill — they should be about the same). Multiply your kWh by the energy charges rate… Continue reading.
