Southern Indiana Power recently completed a cost of service study to evaluate the cost of providing electric service to you, our consumer-owners. Southern Indiana Power is a not-for-profit organization, and that means we operate at cost to deliver safe, reliable, and affordable power to you.  Our employees and directors work hard to keep your electric… Continue reading.

In an effort to keep you informed of your cooperative’s operations and activities, the following are highlights of the March 27 board meeting. 1. All directors were present along with CEO Steve Seibert and Administrative Assistant Lisa Hinton. Also present was accountant Amy Ramsey.  2. The Feb. 27 board meeting minutes were reviewed and approved…. 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.

I would like to personally invite you to the Southern Indiana Power 2019 annual meeting! Southern Indiana Power would not exist without our members. That’s because YOU are our cooperative. Connect with us The annual meeting provides you, as a member, the opportunity to talk with your board of directors and the cooperative’s employees. Throughout… Continue reading.

District 1 Jeff Vogel is the incumbent director for district 1. He and his wife, Karen, live in  northwest of Rockport in Ohio Township. They have a daughter, Lauren; a son-in-law, Adam; a son, Eric; a daughter-in-law, Valerie; and six grandchildren: Hadleigh, Isabelle, Morgan, Allison, Lance and Olivia. Vogel is a 1978 graduate of Purdue… Continue reading.

National studies consistently rank power line installers and repairers among the most dangerous jobs in the country, and for good reason. Laboring high in the air wearing heavy equipment and working directly with high voltage creates the perfect storm of a dangerous and unforgiving profession. But electric lineworkers are up to the task. These brave… Continue reading.

In an effort to keep you informed of your cooperative’s operations and activities, the following are highlights of the Feb. 27 board meeting. 1. All directors were present along with CEO Steve Seibert and Administrative Assistant Lisa Hinton. Also present were Southern Indiana Power accountant Amy Ramsey, Earl Ridlen of the auditing firm LWG and… Continue reading.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? Transmission and distribution power lines are a vital part of “the grid.” These lines incorporate separate voltages as power is transmitted from generating stations to member-consumers. Distribution lines: These lines and equipment are owned by member-co-ops who deliver energy to member-consumers. The most common voltage of distribution lines is 12,470 kV…. Continue reading.

Regular readers of Electric Consumer magazine may be perplexed by a few things: Why haven’t you gotten your Electric Consumer this month? Why is your cooperative CEO writing a column in a new magazine you got in the mail? There’s a simple explanation. Starting this month, Electric Consumer has a new name: Indiana Connection. Throughout… Continue reading.

Participants are reminded that the moratorium on disconnection for non-payment ends March 15. Accounts assisted by EAP must be brought up to date before then or they may be disconnected the following day. If you have questions about your account, please call the office before March 15.

Eric Schank has been employed at the co-op for nearly 10 years. He was hired Aug. 17, 2009, as an apprentice lineman. He graduated from the Hoosier Energy Apprentice Training and Safety (HEATS) program to become a journeyman lineman in November 2013. He and his wife, Caroline, live in Perry County. They are expecting their… Continue reading.