Your board of directors consists of two directors from each of the three districts and one at-large director. This year’s director elections were held at the Annual Meeting in July. Each year following the Annual Meeting, board members elect officers. The current officers include Bart Neisus, president; Dain Hayworth, vice president; and Mark Hurley, secretary/treasurer…. Continue reading.
From now through January, Marshall County REMC will be conducting a survey of residential co-op members. This telephone survey is conducted every two years and helps our power supplier, Wabash Valley Power, determine how much power we’ll need in the near future. The survey will be conducted by Oppenheim Research, a Tallahassee, Florida, firm with experience… Continue reading.
We all know electricity plays a major role in our everyday lives, and it is a powerful resource that should be respected. Unfortunately, our children often do not understand the dangers of electricity. At Southern Indiana Power, we encourage you to share electrical safety tips and lessons with your little ones as often as possible…. Continue reading.
Touchstone Energy’s membership benefit card offers cooperative members more than 25,000 local and national deals on products and services. Visit www.sinpwr.com to see a list of participating local businesses and details of the discounts offered. We would like to thank these new businesses for participating in the Co-op Connections® Card discount program: Dixon’s Furniture and… Continue reading.
A geothermal system taps into the free and renewable resource of stored solar energy right beneat your feet. This can provide savings of up to 70 percent on heating, cooling and even water heating. Right now, you can receive a 30 percent federal tax credit. But hurry, the tax credit is only available through the end of 2016…. Continue reading.
In an effort to keep you informed of your cooperative’s operations and activities, the following are highlights of the Aug. 31 board meeting. All directors were present along with CEO Steve Seibert and Administrative Assistant Lisa Hinton. Also present were Youth Tour participants Lucas Montgomery and Emma Hanebutt. The July 26 and Aug. 24 board… Continue reading.
As a member-owned cooperative, the better Orange County REMC understands you, the better we can serve you. That’s why we occasionally survey our members to identify emerging trends in power use among important matters. Research about the types of heating and cooling systems, electronic devices and appliances used by our consumers, as well as the… Continue reading.
Electricity is something we all take for granted. Unless there’s a power outage, we assume when we flip the switch or turn on an appliance, everything will work as expected. We don’t always consider what will happen if something is awry. “If there’s a problem with your home’s wiring — or if it’s inadequate for… Continue reading.
More than $381,000 has been given back to local communities through Operation Round Up.
Energy vampires might be lurking in your house. Many common household devices are energy vampires. Look for anything that has a remote control — TVs, gaming consoles, computer monitors and printers. You may find a vampire. How can you keep the vampires away? Plug these items into a power strip. Flip the switch to reduce… Continue reading.
Download the Youth Tour application here.
If your car comes in contact with an electric line, it’s vitally important to know what to do… Remain inside your vehicle. If you are in your car, you are not part of electricity’s path, which always looks for the shortest way to the ground. Honk your horn to alert a passerby. If someone stops… Continue reading.
Join Harrison REMC in celebrating cooperatives in Indiana and across America during National Cooperative Month. Every October, cooperatives are recognized for the qualities that make the business model unique: local democratic control, commitment to supporting the communities they serve and improving quality of life, special benefits and services, and the return of margins (the co-op… Continue reading.
