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Easter Bunny to visit Harrison REMC

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Posted on Mar 01, 2023 in Harrison REMC

The Easter Bunny will visit Harrison REMC on Thursday, April 6, from 3:30–6:30 p.m.  Due to the availability and convenience of cell phones and cameras, we will not be offering a printed picture. Feel free to take as many pictures as you would like. Please park on the west side of the building and enter… Continue reading.

Attention, EV owners!

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Posted on Mar 01, 2023 in Harrison REMC

Super off-peak hours (25% of yearly hours) 5.31 cents/kWh All months 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. View the Time of Use rates online atwww.harrisonremc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TOU-Rate-Tariff-11-1-2022.pdf.

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Harrison REMC scholarships available

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Posted on Mar 01, 2023 in Harrison REMC

Harrison REMC continuously looks for ways to support our community. That’s why each year we assist our young members in their pursuit of higher education by awarding $1,500 scholarships to our graduating seniors.  The scholarship is open to high school seniors who have been accepted to attend a college or university located in Clark, Floyd… Continue reading.

Early winter storm challenged power suppliers

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Posted on Mar 01, 2023 in Harrison REMC

The Friday evening before Christmas, Dec. 23, 2022, engineers and CEOs of electric cooperatives around Indiana and a dozen other states were in crisis mode as they entered Christmas weekend. They were in their offices that night as Winter Storm Elliott threatened blackouts.  Infrastructure damage caused by the night’s high winds were not the reason… Continue reading.

Help us celebrate our linemen

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Posted on Feb 28, 2023 in Boone Power

Each spring, electric cooperatives around the country recognize the hard work and dedication of our linemen who work in challenging and dangerous conditions to keep the power on. We welcome our members to be a part of our Lineman Appreciation Day celebration this year by sending thank-you notes to our operations team.  “Our linemen are… Continue reading.

Boone REMC lineman to help electrify Guatemalan village

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Posted on Feb 28, 2023 in Boone Power

In the summer of 2012, 32 Hoosier volunteers, including 28 linemen from Indiana’s electric cooperatives, traveled to a remote mountain area of Guatemala. Their mission: to bring electricity to three villages located in beautiful, but treacherous, terrain near the Mexican border. They braved uncertain weather and terrifying mountain roads — and improvised when needed to… Continue reading.

The history of daylight saving time

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Posted on Feb 28, 2023 in Boone Power

Ben Franklin didn’t invent daylight saving time (DST), but the widespread myth does have some footing. In 1784, Franklin suggested that people should rise with the sun to replace expensive candle use with free morning light. The idea for changing clocks didn’t come until 1895 when George Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist, came up with… Continue reading.

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