July 16: Aaron Miller, journeyman/lineman/staking (9th)  July 26: Chris Hamilton, journeyman/lineman (23rd)

Operation Round Up Application Deadlines:Sept. 24, Dec. 24

Phase 1 Orland/West Otter/Salem/HelmerRegistration openMake ready constructionMainline constructionMainline splicingService wire constructionAt-home installation Phase 2 Nevada Mills/Lake James/Crooked Lake Construction starting afterPhase 1Registration openMake ready engineering Phase 3 North-Central-East Angola/Fremont Construction starting after Phase 2Registration open Phase 4 South-East Angola/Ashley/Hudson Construction starting after Phase 3Registration open For more information about our broadband service, visit https://remcsteuben.com/

With record high inflation of nearly 8%, supply chain disruptions and soaring commodity prices are having a dramatic impact on our costs to supply electricity to you. More specifically, over the past 12 months, natural gas prices have risen 117%, coal prices have risen 167% and power market prices have risen 164%.  These three variable… Continue reading.

Balancing the demand for electricity with just-in-time supply and then transmitting the electricity over an expansive grid of transmission and distribution lines make the U.S. electric grid the most complex machine in our nation’s history. The national trend over the past several years has been to retire baseload coal generation and transition to more intermittent,… Continue reading.

In an effort to keep you informed of your cooperative’s operations and activities, the following are highlights of the May 25 board meeting. 1. All directors were present along with CEO Steve Seibert and Administrative Assistant Lisa Hinton.   2. The April 27 board meeting minutes were reviewed and approved. 3. The membership certificates were… Continue reading.

By looking at SmartHub®, you can see what days affected your bill more than others and possibly relate it to an event that happened on those days. For instance, were kids home from college or family in town? It may be why your bill is higher than normal.

It’s no secret that consumers with a water, gas or electricity connection have long been targets for utility scams, but fraudsters have changed their tactics since the COVID-19 pandemic. As consumers became more reliant on technology for work, school and commerce, scammers noted these shifts and adapted their tactics to this changed environment. Imposter scams… Continue reading.

Beginning July 1, Hoosiers no longer have to pay the utility receipts tax. This tax elimination will annually put an estimated $28.5 million back in the pockets of 1.3 million Hoosiers served by the state’s 38 electric cooperatives.  Orange County REMC consumers alone will save an estimated $241,329  annually from the repeal of this tax…. Continue reading.

Orange County REMC sponsored, from left, Sydney Flynn and Faith Edwards at the annual Camp Kilowatt. The camp was held June 8-11, at Camp Tecumseh in Brookston, Indiana.  Students entering seventh grade this fall were eligible to attend and were selected by their local cooperative to participate in the four-day program.