Spring is an optimal time of year to dream up and achieve your landscaping masterpiece, but in Indiana, planting shrubs in the fall gives the plants a head start at establishing roots in the season’s cool, moist soil. If any of your fall projects require digging — such as planting trees or shrubs, or setting… Continue reading.

Tipmont Journeyman Lineman Bob Palmer is featured in this year’s Lafayette United Way campaign thanks to his work with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. According to his poster, “A few years ago, I met a friend of mine who was serving in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, and I saw firsthand the impact… Continue reading.

Tipmont Engineering has noticed some flickering issues with LED bulbs and dimmer switches. It appears the flickering is caused when new LED bulbs are added to circuits controlled by dimmers. The dimming effect in older dimmers is created by repeatedly switching electric power on and off many times per second.  This switching reduces total power… Continue reading.

Tipmont is offering five free LED bulbs to each membership through a joint effort with Wabash Valley Power. We’ve now handed out more than 16,000 free LED bulbs since the program began last year, including 1,480 LED bulbs during our last stop at Home Depot in September! We’ll be in the Lafayette Home Depot parking… Continue reading.

Solar power and wind farms have long been used as renewable energy sources in the Midwest. But in 2002, Wabash Valley Power (WVPA) was one of the first utilities in the area to use a much more unexpected resource for green energy — landfills. Built to minimize the impact on the environment, landfills have a… Continue reading.

Tipmont’s 77th annual meeting was held on July 23 at Lafayette Jeff High School. 1,041 memberships were in attendance, a 50 percent increase from 2015! A full breakfast was provided by Outpost Catering and each attending membership received five free LED bulbs and a $10 bill credit. Kids enjoyed a balloon artist, face painting and… Continue reading.

When you sign up for electric service with Tipmont, you became a member and a part-owner of a non-profit electric cooperative. Capital credits are your piece of Tipmont’s success — both today and in the future. Why we pay capital credits Because Tipmont is a cooperative, owned by its members, it does not technically earn profits…. Continue reading.

Tipmont is offering five free LED bulbs to each membership through a joint effort with Wabash Valley Power. We’ve now handed out more than 15,000 free LED bulbs since the program began last year! We’ll be in the Lafayette Home Depot parking lot on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. until noon. Stop by and… Continue reading.

Q: “I’m putting a team together for a trivia night this week. Wanna go?” A: “Oh, I’m not a trivia person.” Christopher Short has found folks’ underestimation of knowledge they tote in their brains to be, as they say in trivia circles, the MCWA … or Most Common Wrong Answer. “There will always be something… Continue reading.

  Operation Round Up In July, three Operation Round Up applications were approved for a total of $6,905.60. The following grants were awarded: Purdue Extension Office, Montgomery County, was awarded $1,185.60 to purchase backpacks for the nutrition education program’s “Back to School Event”. “The Operation Round Up Grant allowed us to purchase 185 backpacks for… Continue reading.

Tipmont REMC has partnered with Osmose Utilities to conduct pole testing beginning in September. The testing will occur around the Layton substation, which is located in western Fountain County in the area of Veedersburg. Contractors will drive trucks, ATVs and other vehicles around our rights-of-way to inspect poles. Tipmont tests poles every 10 to 15… Continue reading.

Who has time to save energy? You’re a busy person, we get that. If you spent your life thinking about energy efficiency, well, you’d probably be working for us. But even though you might not have 40 hours a week to spend noodling over ways to save energy, there’s still lots you can do in… Continue reading.