Making geothermal more affordable Are the upfront costs of installing a geothermal heat pump keeping you from switching your home or business to this energy-efficient heating and cooling system? Carroll White REMC’s new Looped In program is here to help you! Carroll White REMC will pay to have a member’s loop system installed. The REMC… Continue reading.

  On June 19, Carroll White REMC hosted its 15th Annual Meeting at the White County 4-H Fairgrounds in Reynolds. Over 590 REMC members were registered, and more than 1,000 meals provided by Dan’s Fish Fry were served. Sycamore Ice Cream provided cool treats. Members enjoyed the evening’s musical entertainment, the Whiskey Wreckers. Directors Kent… Continue reading.

I make it a point to get out into our co-op communities. There is one topic that seems to come up everywhere I go. Whether I’m meeting with directors, talking with community leaders, or visiting with our member co-ops, the conversation often turns to growth. New investment. New businesses. New opportunities. And increasingly, questions about… Continue reading.

I’ve mentioned before in this column that I have a degree in accounting. It’s probably no surprise, then, that I’m a bit of a numbers guy. But here’s something you might not expect: the numbers themselves are rarely the most interesting part of my job. The conversations behind them are. One of my favorite conversations… Continue reading.

Summer has a way of drawing our attention to the things right in front of us — the county fair, an evening ballgame, a weekend at the lake, a family reunion. These are memories of my Indiana summers growing up. What we rarely think about are all the things working quietly in the background that… Continue reading.

Carroll White REMC is discontinuing the sale of water heaters and the associated load-management programs for water heaters, pool pumps, and air conditioners, effective immediately. The load management program, introduced in the early 1980s, utilized Demand Response Unit (DRU) switches on electric water heaters to reduce peak demand on the electric grid. Credits received from… Continue reading.

In March, Tyler Tetzloff joined Carroll White REMC as director of information technology (IT).  Tetzloff was born and raised in Monticello and attended Meadowlawn Elementary, Roosevelt Middle School, and graduated from Twin Lakes High School. “While at Twin Lakes, I played baseball,” said Tetzloff. “For many years, I worked at Twin Lakes Cinema selling tickets,… Continue reading.

The Carroll White REMC Operation Round Up Board of Trustees met for the 2026 Second Quarter and granted $12,550 to 13 non-profits in the service territory. This quarter’s largest grant was $2,000 given to the Tri-County Summer Meal Program. For the past 16 years, Tri-County has provided nutritious meals free of charge to anyone 18… Continue reading.

Whenever I can get outside, I am there. Just last month, I completed a half-marathon. Most of my training was outside, and I experienced all kinds of weather along the way. Maybe that’s why I enjoy summer so much. But from a professional standpoint, it can put us to the test. As temperatures rise, so… Continue reading.