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Celebrating 85 years
Today, it seems like electric power is everywhere you look. But how did we get here? Electric cooperatives were created to bring power to the countryside, to enrich lives through the use of labor-saving devices, and to grow innovative new industries. Cooperatives provided the backbone for the necessary growth of bringing light, power, and communication… Continue reading.

Notice of 2022 virtual annual meeting
Annual Meeting Notice The annual meeting of Bartholomew County REMC will be held virtually on Thursday, June 16, at 7 p.m. to take action upon the following matters: The reports of officers, directors and committees. The election of one director each from Districts 2. 5, and 7. The election of one nominating committee member each… Continue reading.

Annual meeting packet mailed
This year’s annual meeting will be held virtually on June 16. Bartholomew County REMC will mail the annual report and voting material packet to the home of each member on May 16. This will allow 30 days to cast your vote prior to the virtual annual meeting, when the election results will be announced. There… Continue reading.

2022 election candidates

Join us at your annual meeting on June 28

Join us for our annual meeting on June 11

Powering your past, connecting our future
For the past two years, our world — and more specifically northeast Indiana — has been turned upside down due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Throughout this period, people hunkered down and stayed at home for the most part, as life as we knew it changed. The way we worked, shopped, educated our children, and even… Continue reading.

2022 board of directors voting instructions
Vote by mail Mark your selection by completely filling in the box. Detach ballot and place in the enclosed return envelope. Mail to Survey & Ballot Systems, 7653 Anagram Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Do NOT include bill payment in the return envelope. Ballots must be received by June 9, 2022. Please allow sufficient time… Continue reading.

Small change changes lives
Operation Round Up is a program that allows Steuben County REMC members to automatically round up their monthly bills to the next dollar. The maximum a member would donate is $11.88/year, but an average donation is $6. The change is pooled together into a fund that is overseen by a group of members and two… Continue reading.

Your board of directors

Meet your director candidates
Exercise one of the greatest benefits of being a member of an electric co-op by voting for the upcoming year’s board of directors. Districts 3, 6 and 7 are up for election. District 3: Fremont and Clear Lake townships BILL SNYDER Occupation: Retired Indiana conservation officer Military service: U.S. Navy REMC member since: 1994 Community… Continue reading.