We have two great publications to help you kick off the New Year! Stop by the Dubois REC office, or use our drive-thru to pick up your free copy of the 2025 Cooperative Calendar of Student Art and the 2025 Farmers’ Almanac.

DIRECTORS  Andy Schwenk, District 1  Randall Stemle, District 2  Mark Montgomery, District 3  David Rudolph, District 4  Brad Knies, District 5  Steven Speedy, District 6  Rick Wendholt, District 7  CEO/GENERAL MANAGER  Joseph Henson  SENIOR STAFF  Matt Brames, Manager of Engineering  Greg Dilger, Engineering Project Manager  Ruth Hopf, Billing Supervisor  Craig Adams, Manager of Finance  Patrick… Continue reading.

Students! Mark your calendar for these great summer opportunities — sixth grade students can apply to attend Camp Kilowatt on June 4-7. High School juniors can apply for an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., on the 2025 Youth Tour which takes place on June 15-22. Watch next month’s Indiana Connection for more information. Online applications… Continue reading.

The 2024 HEATS (Hoosier Energy Apprenticeship Training and Safety) graduation ceremony took place on Oct. 18 at the French Lick Resort. This year’s class featured 15 lineman graduates, 12 MSR (member service representative) graduates and nine substation graduates. Pictured above are Dubois REC employees Tyler Schnell, Kory Voelkel, and Andrew Weidenbenner who were members of… Continue reading.

As November kicks off, it’s hard to believe we’ll soon be gathering with family and friends to celebrate the Thanksgiving season. This festive time of year brings joy and warmth, but as the weather gets cooler and we spend more time indoors, the holidays can also bring increased energy use and a higher risk of… Continue reading.

AUTOPAY With autopay, you just enroll and set up your notifications in SmartHub. By using autopay, money is withdrawn directly from your bank account to pay your electric bill each month. The automatic draft is processed on the 20th of each month. If this date falls on a holiday or weekend, the draft will occur… Continue reading.

If you use electric services provided by a co-op, like Dubois REC, you actually become an owner of the business. One of the advantages of that is your ability to earn capital credits. Here are some freqently asked questions to help expain how we handle this unique feature. How do I start accumulating capital credits?… Continue reading.

Electrify Indiana 2024, presented by Hoosier Energy, Wabash Valley Power Alliance, and Indiana Electric Cooperatives, took the Westin Hotel in Indianapolis by storm on Aug. 26.  Over 300 people, representing 120 companies, 48 sponsors, and 44 tradeshow booths, attended the event designed to promote beneficial electrification. There was something for everyone.  The day featured nine… Continue reading.

Two years ago, Hoosier Energy became the first generation and transmission cooperative to receive a Certificate of Inclusion for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agree with Assurances (CCAA) for the monarch butterfly. That commitment to integrated vegetation management and the practices encouraging habitat maintenance and development continues to reap benefits. This… Continue reading.

For the consumer-members of Dubois REC, keeping the lights on at a cost you can afford is the focal point of everything we do. Transparency is one of our core values, so in addition to sharing co-op successes, I believe we also have a responsibility to tell you about the challenges. Earlier this year, the… Continue reading.

This will also enter you in our monthly drawing to win $50! Everyone is looking for ways to streamline tasks throughout the day, and the SmartHub app from Dubois REC can help you do just that. Whether you want to set up your account to be paid by automatic bank draft (ACH) or recurring credit… Continue reading.