It’s 5:45 on a typical evening. You’re in the kitchen preparing dinner when, unexpectedly, darkness descends. Quiet fills the house, as the TV is no longer heard; the pots on the stove cease to boil; and the hum of electronics …Read More.
Posts By: IEC Editorial Staff
Busting those electrical safety myths
When it comes to electric safety, what you don’t know can kill you. Unfortunately, sometimes we think we’ve got the facts when what we really know are popular myths perpetuated by the Web and unreliable sources. “That old saying ‘knowledge …Read More.
Building Operator Certification program offered through Hoosier Energy and Wabash Valley Power
The Indiana Office of Energy Development is partnering with the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance and several Indiana utilities, including Hoosier Energy and Wabash Valley Power, to offer a nationally-recognized training program to certify Indiana building operators as efficiency experts. The …Read More.
Electric utilities battle over annexing territories
Sen. Mike Crider filed a bill that would eliminate municipal electric utilities’ ability to take territory from rural electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities. “To me, it’s kind of a basic fairness issue,” Crider said. He filed the bill Dec. 30. …Read More.
Service territory preservation
Under current state law, municipal electric utilities can take territory and consumers away from electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities after a municipal annexation, compromising the operations of cooperatives and raising expenses for the remaining members. By law, electric cooperatives and …Read More.
Indiana Electric Cooperatives honor middle school volunteers
A group of standout Indiana middle schoolers got gold medal attention for giving back to their communities, thanks to the statewide electric cooperative association. Indiana Electric Cooperatives honored five students recently with its Youth Power and Hope Awards during a …Read More.
A lesson in distributed generation
When officials from several electric cooperatives and other utility interests wanted a look at how distributed generation projects are changing power supply, a road trip through Indiana fit the bill. The tour was sponsored by the 25×25 Alliance, an organization …Read More.
Carroll White REMC buys first lot in Hoosier Heartland Industrial Park
Carroll White REMC became the first company to purchase a lot in the Hoosier Heartland Industrial Park in Carroll County Tuesday, Dec. 2. The electric cooperative plans to build a new operations center in the park. The facility is expected to be complete …Read More.
Gayvin Strantz named 2014 Ernest G. Shearer Memorial Service Award recipient
Indiana Electric Cooperatives named Gayvin Strantz the recipient of the 2014 Ernest G. Shearer Memorial Service Award. Strantz, vice president of job training, safety and loss control at Indiana Electric Cooperatives, was presented the award during the superintendents and engineers …Read More.
WFYI profiles teen inspired by electric cooperative philanthropy project
Tipmont REMC member and Youth Tour 2013 alumnus Wesley Boone has been profiled by the Indianapolis PBS station, WFYI. Boone started Gear Going Global, an organization devoted to sending new and gently used sporting gear to children in developing countries. As …Read More.