The meeting was opened by Vice Chairman Steve AmRhein, and Secretary Brian Scheidler kept the minutes of the meeting. All board members were present with Scheidler attending virtually. Also present was CEO Brett Abplanalp, Legal Counsel Robert Wickens and employees Matt Raver and Crystal Greathouse. AmRhein opened by welcoming Clay Nuhring as a newly elected… Continue reading.

Whenever a hurricane, wildfire, or other natural disaster causes a widespread power outage, people tend to ask a logical question: Why don’t they put the power lines underground? It’s one of those questions that seems to have an easy answer — until you start looking at the details. The debate over “undergrounding” power lines comes… Continue reading.

Harrison REMC has posted a list of individuals who were issued a capital credit refund check in August 2018 and August 2019 for the capital credit years of 1981-1984 but have not claimed their checks. Each check was mailed to the last known address on record at the REMC. A notice of where to obtain… Continue reading.

Harrison REMC employees and directors would like to welcome Accounting Assistant Alexis Knear, Staking Engineer Josh Walter and Inventory Operations and Purchasing Coordinator Mike Schickel to the REMC team!

No matter your job, a business owner lives in your house: you! As a member of your local electric cooperative, you are actually an owner (a member-consumer) of the organization! Electric cooperatives sprang up across the U.S. in the 1930s as towns and cities across the nation gained access to electricity. The Rural Electrification Act… Continue reading.

Upgrading 1,680 miles of the electrical grid is a significant endeavor in the best of times. Throw in a pandemic, and it’s easy to imagine how the whole thing could get off track. But that’s not what happened with a recent project. Hoosier Energy takes a proactive approach toward grid reliability. This can be seen… Continue reading.