It’s good to stop every once in a while and take stock of where you are. But, it’s even more important to plan for the next step —  and the one after that. Every three years, we bring our board of directors and staff together to take an honest look at ourselves, the needs of… Continue reading.

Tree trimming maintenance is a year-round program to provide our membership with safe and reliable electricity. Trimming back trees decreases outages caused by fallen tree limbs during storms with high winds. Our contract crews will be trimming in the following townships: Starke CountyPortions of Center, Davis, Washington and Oregon townships LaPorte CountyLincoln, portions of Washington, Union… Continue reading.

If you were asked to associate an image of a person with Kankakee Valley REMC, you might picture a lineworker. It’s not a glamorous or easy profession, but it is essential to the life of our community. Without the dedication and commitment of these hardworking individuals, we wouldn’t have the reliable electricity we need for… Continue reading.

May 23  |  5:30-7 p.m. CT KV REMC Office8642 W. US Hwy 30, Wanatah  We want to hear from you!Join us for a cookout and hear a short presentation on the fiber project, planned system reliability efforts and available directorship opportunities. More important, bring your questions so we can provide the answers. Open to all… Continue reading.

A glance at your monthly electric bill shows you the amount of energy that powers your home. Yet, all the information on the bill may also leave you in the dark about what exactly it all means. Measuring Your Energy Your home’s energy use is typically measured in kilowatt-hours, or kWh, for short. This is the… Continue reading.

I have always been about numbers. Since being at Decatur County REMC, we have implemented metrics behind most of what we do. One of these data points we measure is outages. On average last year, Decatur County REMC electric service was active 99.98% of the time. Being that close to 100% is certainly a point… Continue reading.

NOTE: Board meeting minutes are available on our website, dcremc.com, once approved.  The meeting was opened by Chairman Steve AmRhein and Brian Scheidler kept the minutes of the meeting. All board members were present. Also present were CEO Brett Abplanalp and employees Crystal Greathouse and Matt Raver. Suzanne Parmer moved to approve the agenda. Dale… Continue reading.