As your local electric cooperative, Boone REMC is dedicated to finding ways to save energy. We offer two energy-monitoring options. Load control switchesLoad control switches monitor energy usage throughout our territory and automatically switch off high-use equipment when demand spikes. Boone REMC offers load control switches for electric water heaters at no charge. Most people… Continue reading.
New this year: Receive a $45 rebate on select Wi-Fi thermostats Boone REMC has several rebates available in 2023 through the POWER MOVES program that can help make your home or business more energy efficient. New this year is a $45 rebate on select Wi-Fi thermostats that replace non-Wi-Fi thermostats. In addition, we’re offering rebates… Continue reading.
Boone REMC’s Energy Advisors can help you reduce your energy bills and get the most from your energy dollar. Our technicians can help you with questions like: How can I make my home more energy efficient? What home repairs or improvements will deliver the most savings? What options and features should I consider when shopping… Continue reading.
It’s winter in Indiana. That means storms with wind, snow and ice. When high winds and ice combine, it can affect power lines in a unique way, causing them to “gallop.” When ice accumulates on power lines, it forms a teardrop shape. If there are strong winds, the ice that builds up is only on… Continue reading.
Through a complex, dual-stage project, Hoosier Energy is working diligently to upgrade grid technology and infrastructure. Straddling the White River in Greene County, just southwest of Bloomfield, is a three-quarter mile stretch of Hoosier Energy power lines in the territory of the Utilities District of Western Indiana (UDWI) REMC. Those lines were strategically placed out… Continue reading.
As a service to our readers and to promote electrical safety, here are recent recall notices provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Visit www.cpsc.gov/en/recalls for full details of this recall and for notices of many more. Product safety commission recalls basketball goal that killed hoosier teen A wall-mounted basketball goal has been recalled… Continue reading.
Even if you love the crackle and warmth of a natural-burning wood fire in the hearth, you probably could live without the added cost to your energy bill. Sure, the flickering flames make you feel warm while you’re sitting nearby, but wood-burning fires actually have negative efficiency. They emit little or no warmth to a… Continue reading.
If some rooms in your house are too cold while others are too hot, you might need more insulation in your attic. Cold air that seeps into your attic doesn’t have to find its way into your living space. Adequate attic insulation, properly installed, can catch it. If your floor is unusually cold, check the… Continue reading.
Want to save money on your energy bills this winter — without spending a lot to make it happen? Here are 15 low- or no-cost changes you can make: Use your home’s ceiling fans to make the rooms feel warmer. Most people think fans are just for summer, but ceiling fans running slowly in reverse will… Continue reading.
An electric blanket or mattress pad could save you up to 3% on your heating bill — for each degree you lower your thermostat overnight. And you won’t feel cold. But don’t plug in an old electric blanket that you haven’t used in years. Chances are, it’s no longer safe. Besides, newer models have better… Continue reading.
Thirty-nine years ago, I began a journey that ended up defining my lifetime. Just a couple of years out of college, I was hired to write a history book about rural electrification in Indiana and work on a tabloid newspaper called Electric Consumer. I never would have imagined back then that I would make a… Continue reading.
