Hoosiers on first?Fort Wayne hosted first professional league game While Cincinnati is celebrated for its 1869 Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team, the first professional “major league” game ever played actually took place in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In March of 1871, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players was formed. The “Kekionga Base… Continue reading.

“The last miracle I did,” said God (portrayed by comedian George Burns in the 1977 movie, “Oh, God”), “was the 1969 Mets. Before that, I think you have to go back to the Red Sea.” Whether the “Miracle Mets” received divine intervention or not, one thing is for sure: the 1969 World Champs did have… Continue reading.

In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings broke new ground as they stepped to the plate. For the first time, an assembled starting roster of baseball players was being openly paid to play. If ever a case was made for “getting what you pay for,” that team was it. The Red Stockings hit pay dirt and… Continue reading.

As any good baseball team brings in a new pitcher in crunch time to close out the game, you also can make upgrades to your home to improve its energy performance when and where it counts to earn the save! Many options are available that can improve your home’s comfort while reducing long-term energy use… Continue reading.

Touchstone Energy provides electric co-ops like yours with resources to be the trusted information resource in your community. Resources include communicating the cooperative difference many of us enjoy. An advertising campaign has been designed to communicate that cooperatives are innovative, stable and trustworthy – thanks to their decades-long role in the communities they serve.  Touchstone… Continue reading.

Petitions are now available for dedicated, professional individuals wanting to serve fellow members as part of the REMC board in districts 3 (Fremont and Clear Lake townships), 6 (Scott and York townships) and 7 (Salem Township). If you reside in one of these townships and are interested in running for election, stop by the office… Continue reading.

Steuben County REMC is trying to locate former members who have unclaimed patronage capital refund checks. These unclaimed checks, from our 2016 retirement of patronage refunds from our G & T, Wabash Valley Power, are for members who were served by Steuben County REMC in the year 1996 and were returned to us as “undeliverable”… Continue reading.

We all hear the public service announcements warning drivers to be aware of road construction, and the possible consequences of not being mindful of these sometimes hazardous work zones. But how many of us are actually listening to these warnings? Do you slow down when you see that flashing orange “Men at Work” sign?  This… Continue reading.

What is PowerShift? PowerShift allows your electric co-op to control electricity demand when electricity is the most expensive.  Participating in the program is easy.  A co-op representative will install a small, box-shaped device to your air conditioner, water heater, or pool pump. Then, when the region’s electricity demand spikes, we send a signal to the… Continue reading.

I would like to personally invite you to the Southern Indiana Power 2019 annual meeting! Southern Indiana Power would not exist without our members. That’s because YOU are our cooperative. Connect with us The annual meeting provides you, as a member, the opportunity to talk with your board of directors and the cooperative’s employees. Throughout… Continue reading.

District 1 Jeff Vogel is the incumbent director for district 1. He and his wife, Karen, live in  northwest of Rockport in Ohio Township. They have a daughter, Lauren; a son-in-law, Adam; a son, Eric; a daughter-in-law, Valerie; and six grandchildren: Hadleigh, Isabelle, Morgan, Allison, Lance and Olivia. Vogel is a 1978 graduate of Purdue… Continue reading.

National studies consistently rank power line installers and repairers among the most dangerous jobs in the country, and for good reason. Laboring high in the air wearing heavy equipment and working directly with high voltage creates the perfect storm of a dangerous and unforgiving profession. But electric lineworkers are up to the task. These brave… Continue reading.