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.

Hoosier Energy is a generation and transmission (G&T) electric cooperative that provides wholesale power and services to 18 member electric cooperatives in central and southern Indiana and southeastern Illinois. We deliver power through a nearly 1,700 mile transmission network. Our mission is to provide members with assured, reliable and competitively priced energy and services in… Continue reading.

Tuesday, April 7 Columbus North High School AuditoriumColumbus, Indiana Doors open and Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. Entertainment featuring the bluegrass band – Cornfields & Crossroads 5:45 p.m. – 7 p.m. Business meeting begins at 7 p.m. A kids’ program for ages 4-11 will be available. Each member will receive an energy efficiency kit and a… Continue reading.

Bartholomew County REMC has mailed voting material to the homes of each member prior to the annual meeting. Election material in the pictured envelope will be mailed to each member the first of March.  This gives you the chance to vote for directors and nominating committee candidates prior to the annual meeting. We use a… Continue reading.

As the weather begins to warm up, kids and adults alike will soon head outside to play and perform winter clean-up.  Before you do, remember to look up and be alert for power lines and other electrical hazards, the best way to stay safe from electrocution—and even death. For kids Never fly a kite on… Continue reading.

Lights out? Thirty percent of our power outages are triggered by the weather. Learn how to report an outage quickly and easily as possible. Outage Reporting Methods Bartholomew County REMC offers multiple ways to report an outage:  Call our outage call center at 800-927-5672.  Please make sure you have the phone number you will be… Continue reading.

A second-generation line specialist, Dave Helton once saw his dad’s friends climbing poles and putting up power lines near his workplace. “After I saw that, I knew going forward I wanted to be a lineman,” says Helton, who has worked for Hoosier Energy almost 27 years. “I’ve never looked back. I love working with my… Continue reading.