The Arbor Day Foundation encourages thoughtful practices that help preserve community trees while also serving Bartholomew County REMC’s members. This illustration below demonstrates effective planting by placing the right tree in the right place. Trees properly placed can lower line clearance costs for BCREMC, reduce tree mortality, and result in healthier trees for years to… Continue reading.

To help members deal with the hardship of COVID-19, BCREMC is temporarily suspending service disconnects and late fees on member accounts until April 20. We encourage you to make your payment using one of the following methods:  1) Place payment in the drop box located at our office in the circle drive. Also, a drop… Continue reading.

When severe weather hits, we respond quickly and make repairs that restore service to the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time. Who gets their power restored first? How do we make those decisions?  Bartholomew County REMC’s intent is to restore power as quickly and as safely as possible. These are the… Continue reading.

The BCREMC annual meeting, originally scheduled for April 7, has been postponed. See future editions of the Indiana Connection for further information and updates.

Reflected on mid-April bills, Bartholomew County REMC members will see a decrease in the wholesale tracker adjustment effective April 1. This tracker, passed directly to members from our power supplier, Hoosier Energy, will be a credit of -$0.000253 per kWh or approximately a credit of 25 cents per 1,000 kWh used. That makes the total… Continue reading.

Becoming a lineworker It takes years of training to become a journeyman lineman. Many start out as a groundman. As the name implies, a groundman does not work in the air, but works on the ground assisting lineworkers by digging holes, lifting poles and raising equipment to linemen. The Rural Electric Apprenticeship Program (REAP) is… Continue reading.

April 2: Beth Welch (19th)  April 20: Ann Charlton (26th) April 30: Greg Sutton (41th)

Petitions are now available for professional, dedicated individuals wanting to serve fellow members as part of the REMC board in districts 1 (Greenfield and Millgrove townships), District 2 (Jamestown Township), and District 9 (Otsego, Richland and Franklin townships). If you reside in one of these townships, are a member of Steuben County REMC, are a… Continue reading.

YOUR REMC IS MORE THAN AN ELECTRIC UTILITY. IT IS LITERALLY PUTTING MONEY BACK IN YOUR POCKET. We issued checks in 2017 for members with capital credits from 1996–2004. Please check the listing at www.remcsteuben.com/unclaimed-capital-credits to see if you recognize any names in this listing.