Second Class of Program Scheduled for Fall The next Advanced Lineman Training Program (ALTP) class is Oct. 30-Nov. 1, at the Franklin Training Center. DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM FLYER The ALTP is designed for line crew leaders from across the state …Read More.
USDA Releases Funding Rules for $9.7 Billion Co-op Energy Innovation Program
The USDA last week published in the Federal Register a notice for a new program designed to help cooperatives with clean energy initiatives. The Empowering Rural America Program makes $9.7 billion available for electric cooperatives to create renewable energy, zero-emission …Read More.
Case Study | Leading From Any Position: The Cooperative Impact of Three RELITE Graduates
Rural Electric Leaders In Training Exchange (RELITE) is an exclusive, two-year professional program for employees of Indiana’s electric cooperatives. Since 1994, over 300 individuals have graduated from the program and have transformed into better leaders and communicators in the process. …Read More.
Cooperative Calendar of Student Art Contest Winners Named
Indiana’s electric cooperatives and their statewide magazine, Indiana Connection, named the winners of the 26th annual Cooperative Calendar of Student Art Contest. Justine Ocken, a high school junior from South Whitley, was named artist of the year for her color …Read More.
Indiana Lineworkers Electrify Guatemala’s Pena Roja Village
Lineworkers extended electric infrastructure to bring electricity to a village that had none Fourteen Indiana electric cooperative lineworkers returned from Guatemala Saturday, May 13, following an international initiative to bring electricity to a developing area in Guatemala. “Project Indiana: Empowering …Read More.
Electric vehicle charging safety
Do you recall all the safety rules you were taught about refueling when you first learned to drive: Shut off the engine; don’t smoke; don’t leave the pump unattended; don’t overfill? If you are among the growing number of drivers …Read More.
National Work Zone Awareness Week
Electric cooperatives remind motorists to drive safely in all work zones
The National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 17-21 reminds motorists to be careful around those whose jobs put them along the roadways. Indiana’s electric cooperatives remind motorists work zones also include utility crews who also work along the roadsides …Read More.
John Cassady Joins IEC
I am grateful for the privilege to lead IEC on behalf of our 38 member cooperatives. I am in week two as CEO, although I am not new to the electric cooperative industry. My background includes over 20 years in …Read More.
Commitment to Zero Contacts Phase Two
Studies show serious injuries and fatalities happen most often because short cuts are taken with life-saving rules. This happens consistently in most industries – including the electric cooperative network. Unfortunately, the serious injuries and fatalities occur most often on simple, …Read More.
New IEC Office Purchased
In 2018, Indiana Electric Cooperatives left its longtime High School Road home and moved into its current sub-leased space on the north side of Indianapolis. The move afforded the IEC board time to adequately plan for what the organization needed …Read More.
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