It is that time of year again! Kankakee Valley REMC employees and directors are gearing up for the 2021 annual meeting event, to be held on Aug. 26 at the Porter County Expo Center in Valparaiso. If you have never attended before, I encourage you to join us.  Although our employees did an excellent job… Continue reading.

2021 Grants Awarded Kankakee Valley REMC is pleased to announce the 2021 first quarter Operation Round Up grants provided to local non-profit organizations for programs to help those in need. The Multi Agency Academic Cooperative Foundation (MAAC) received $2,000 to purchase 3 law enforcement training mannequins. MAAC, located in Valparaiso, provides training to those in… Continue reading.

Kankakee Valley REMC Operation Round Up Trust awarded six local high school graduates with scholarships totaling $8,000. Two $2,000 and four $1,000 scholarships were awarded.  The recipients of the $2,000 scholarships were Olivia Kroeger, Chesterton High School, and Alyssa Hoover, Crown Point High School.  The $1,000 recipients were Emily Rausch, Winamac Community High School; Kaylee… Continue reading.

In this section, we’ll tell you where our maintenance and construction crews will be and what they will be doing. Fiber Make Ready — KV REMC crews will be performing system improvement requirements in preparation for attaching fiber optic lines to our electric poles. The work is scheduled to be done this month in the… Continue reading.

As detailed in May’s Indiana Connection, Kankakee Valley REMC’s contractor will be spraying this month along our rights-of-way. The work is being done by The Daltons, Inc. If you would prefer to maintain the right-of-way adjacent to your land yourself, here are three things we ask you to do. Post a sign on the right-of-way… Continue reading.

Now that summer is in full swing, like many of you, I welcome more opportunities to be outdoors and enjoy the warmer weather. Summertime brings many of my favorite activities like cooking out with family and friends, afternoons on the water and simply slowing down a bit to enjoy life.  But summer months also make… Continue reading.

The Orange County Fiber website is now part of the REMC website. Visit www.myremc.coop and look in the upper right corner for a link to the new fiber section.

Orange County REMC awards up to six $750 scholarships each year to recognize the academic and community achievements of outstanding local students. These scholarships are funded through the Operation Round Up program. Students who apply must be graduating the current year and accepted to attend an accredited college or trade school in Indiana. Listed below… Continue reading.

Orange County REMC is an electric cooperative, which means the company adheres to the Seven Cooperative Principles as guidelines for how we do business. Principle 3 refers to Members’ Economic Participation. This means each member pays an equitable price to receive service, shares in the operational expenses, and also receives capital credits when they are… Continue reading.

Here in Southern Indiana, we are fortunate to have a multitude of trees that offer beauty, shade and a habitat for all sorts of birds and other wildlife. At Orange County REMC, we strive to balance maintaining beautiful surroundings and ensuring a reliable power supply by keeping power lines clear in rights of way (ROW). … Continue reading.

Covid-19 pandemic I think it is safe to say that 2020 was a year that none of us will ever forget. Gone were the days of simply focusing on the complex business of our electric cooperative as epidemiology took center stage of our everyday lives. Government shutdowns, mask orders, social distancing and extra hand washing… Continue reading.