During the month of June, Indiana’s electric cooperatives sponsor a group of students going into their senior year of high school to go on a life-changing educational adventure to Washington, D.C. Highlights of this eight-day trip included visits to historic monuments and museums, meetings on Capitol Hill with Indiana’s congressional delegation, the opportunity to make… Continue reading.
For just pennies a month, the power of our members joining together is making a huge impact on our community. Thanks to our Operation Round Up participating members for allowing their bills to be rounded up each month to the nearest dollar. Since the beginning of the program in January 2002, more than $662,000 has… Continue reading.
Capital Credits. We often hear this term but don’t always understand what they are or how they work. For us at Decatur County REMC, capital credits are part of our core principles and another reason we are different from other electric providers. In simple terms, capital credits are the margin left over after doing business…. Continue reading.
SERVE DCREMC provides electricity and tracks the amount you use and pay for throughout the year. MARGINS At the end of the fiscal year, DCREMC determines if there is excess revenue, called margins. ALLOCATION Based on how much electricity you’ve used, DCREMC then allocates the margins as capital credits to you. RETIREMENT When financial conditions… Continue reading.
Cooperatives like ours are at their best when members are actively involved, so we want to know what interests you most to help us serve you even better! Topics could include:
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 Matt Raver, Crystal Greathouse, Jeanne Loechle and attorney Robert Wickens. Jason Barnhorst moved to approve the agenda. Suzanne Parmer seconded the motion. The motion passed… Continue reading.
You may have asked yourself, what makes electric co-ops different from other types of utilities? This month, I thought I’d tell you a few of the things that make electric cooperatives different. Because we’re a co-op, we operate a little differently than other utilities. Daviess-Martin County REMC’s decisions are made locally, by directors who also… Continue reading.
Recently we received a call from a member regarding a scam they encountered with a caller pretending to be a Daviess-Martin County REMC employee. Unfortunately, scammers are everywhere and we want you to be aware of what to do if you run into one. ▪ If someone calls your home phone or cellphone demanding you… Continue reading.
One of the benefits of being a DMREMC member is patronage capital credits. Patronage capital credits come from margins, or money left over at the end of the year after all operating costs and expenses have been paid. These margins are allocated to each member’s capital credit account based on how much electricity the member… Continue reading.