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Behind the ballot: Understanding your electric cooperative election
At Boone Power, our members aren’t just customers — you are owners. One of the most important ways you exercise that ownership is by electing your electric co-op’s board of directors. Each spring, members elect directors to help guide Boone Power’s future. Directors are elected to serve three-year terms. Article IV of our bylaws (available… Continue reading.
Capital credits are the co-op version of ‘cash back’
As our President and CEO, Bill Conley, shared in last month’s magazine, Boone Power takes our cooperative business model seriously and remains committed to fairness, reliability, and transparency. Retiring capital credits is one of the unique business practices of cooperatives. Learn more about how this “cash back” process is built into our business model. Being… Continue reading.
Operation Round Up fuels ReadUP
By Juli Knutson Discovering the magic of reading is life changing. That is just what’s happening in the ReadUP program, which Boone Power’s Operation Round Up program recently assisted. This past summer, Boone County Mentoring Partnership (BCMP) received a grant for the ReadUP program through Operation Round Up, an initiative Boone Power started in 2006 to provide… Continue reading.
Building project update: Celebrating one year of progress
One year ago this month, Boone Power (then known as Boone REMC) broke ground on our facility improvement project at our current location on Indianapolis Avenue in Lebanon. We’re excited to share that one-third of the project is now complete! Four of the five buildings have started construction. The three on the south side of… Continue reading.
Survey coming soon
We’re partnering with our wholesale power provider to determine future power needs. You may receive an email sometime in November or December asking you to participate in a survey of residential co-op members. The survey helps our wholesale power partner, Wabash Valley Power Alliance, plan power needs for the future and shape programs we can… Continue reading.
Grateful for growth, grounded in principles
This November, I’m especially mindful of the blessings in my life — my family (even if my kids may not love that I am sharing this photo), my friends, and the incredible team at Wabash Valley Power Alliance dedicated to serving you. It’s the perfect time to reflect on the work we do together as… Continue reading.
Advancing amid challenges
Two years ago, the Centerton to Wilbur Project was still in the planning stages. Now, it is closing in on the finish line of nearly six miles of new overhead transmission line connecting the Hoosier Energy Wilbur substation to the Duke Energy Centerton substation in Morgan County. It is one of multiple transmission projects on… Continue reading.
Food safety for the holidays
Gatherings where food is served are all part of the holiday cheer, but the joy can change to misery if food makes you or others ill. Symptoms of foodborne illness, also known as food poisoning, can start anywhere from hours to days after contaminated food or drinks are consumed. Practicing four basic food safety measures… Continue reading.
Celebrating the co-op difference — even when talking about rates
National Co-op Month is a time to celebrate what makes electric cooperatives like Noble REMC special. And while electric rates might not be the most thrilling topic, they highlight an important part of what sets us apart. You may have seen headlines recently about rising electricity costs. A July report from the Citizens Action Coalition… Continue reading.
Gillis takes third at lineman rodeo
It’s a rodeo unlike any other, where our linemen wrangle transformers and rescue dummies instead of bulls. Noble REMC was proud to send four of our linemen Journeymen Tyler Rhoades, Trevor Harlan and Luke Gillis, as well as Apprentice Jared Buckles to the Indiana Electric Cooperative Lineman Rodeo, held Aug. 21-22 in Danville, Indiana. The… Continue reading.
Fall-in in love
What better way to take advantage of the cooling weather than to visit a local pumpkin patch, corn maze or maybe even a spooky haunted house? You dont have to travel far. Noble REMC is fortunate to serve electricity to options across our service territory, so we thought we would give you a start with… Continue reading.













