Ah, summer. Cookouts, swimming pools, camping — it’s the perfect time to enjoy the outdoors with family and friends. And when it’s time to come back indoors, there’s nothing better than that cool blast you feel from your home’s air conditioning unit. Your heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system is essential to keeping your… Continue reading.

Five suggestions: • Conserve water by taking showers instead of baths. • Turn off all lights when you leave a room. • Bring your reusable bags to the grocery store when shopping. • Go paperless. Pay as many bills as possible online. • Ditch the car and walk when possible. Thank you all who made… Continue reading.

Harrison REMC will make a Wholesale Power Cost Adjustment to its retail rates as a result of changes in Hoosier Energy Inc.’s wholesale power costs to its member Rural Electric Membership Corporations (REMCs). This action will result in an expected increase to member bills of $0.001117 per kWh ($1.12 cents per 1,000 kWh). This change… Continue reading.

Each year, Harrison REMC awards several $1,000 scholarships to local students who choose to attend a local university or college in the area to continue their education. These scholarships are awarded each spring to graduating seniors who live with a parent or guardian who is an REMC member. Awards are based on academic achievement.  2019… Continue reading.

The beautiful weather brought out many for the 81st Harrison REMC annual meeting on April 2. Approximately 864 registered members were in attendance.  Those attending enjoyed music by Corydon LIVE!. Informational booths were provided by Hoosier Energy, Harrison REMC and Indiana Electric Cooperatives.  Harrison County Hospital was also on hand to provide blood pressure screenings…. Continue reading.

Let’s give a shout out to those chosen to attend Touchstone Energy Camp and Youth Tour in 2019! Thank you to all who applied.  We will have more information and pictures following the two events. Touchstone Energy Camp • Katherine Langdon, daughter of Karen and Steve Langdon of Georgetown • Owen Leitner, son of Marie… Continue reading.

The one-megawatt solar farm located off I-64 near the Lanesville exit is a 4,320-panel array sitting on 19 acres. The array produces enough electricity to power about 150 homes per year. Harrison REMC offers tours of the location to interested groups. To schedule a tour, please contact Nick Geswein at 812-734-3538.

Lightning safety begins when you hear the rumble of the thunder in an impending storm. Growing up, your parents might have told you to count the seconds between the thunder and a strike of lightning to know how far away the storm was. “One one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand…” But, did you… Continue reading.

Touchstone Energy provides electric co-ops like yours with resources to be the trusted information resource in your community. Resources include communicating the cooperative difference many of us enjoy. An advertising campaign has been designed to communicate that cooperatives are innovative, stable and trustworthy – thanks to their decades-long role in the communities they serve.  Touchstone… Continue reading.

America’s electric cooperatives have designated the second Monday in April as National Lineworker Appreciation Day. On April 8, Harrison REMC will honor the dedicated individuals who often work in challenging conditions to keep the lights on.  National studies consistently rank power line installers and repairers among the most dangerous jobs in the country, and for… Continue reading.