The regular meeting of the board of directors was held on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. All directors were present. Also attending were CEO Ron Holcomb and attorney Brian Garrison. The year-to-date margin is $1,619,141. The cooperative currently has an equity rate of 30.51%, and 782 new services have been installed this year. The next regular… Continue reading.

I hope 2025 is off to a great start for you. It’s a natural time to reflect on our routines and contemplate even a few small tweaks for improvement. Typically, we look to improve hobbies, relationships, physical activity, or work goals. But it works for your energy usage, too. Even a slight shift in the… Continue reading.

One of my favorite Christmas gifts as a child was a Nintendo Entertainment System. Like many parents at the time, my mom and dad worried about how long I spent playing “Super Mario Bros.,” “The Legend of Zelda” and “Mega Man.” (Finishing “Zelda” may have been one of my crowning childhood achievements.) Little research was… Continue reading.

When people hurriedly get ready for volatile winter weather, electricity generators are already prepared — and have been for months. As a generation and transmission cooperative, Wabash Valley Power Alliance (WVPA) works with the power plants it owns to ensure that they are ready to weather the worst each season. That means handling searing summer… Continue reading.

CAMP KILOWATT JUNE 4-7 Camp Kilowatt offers a fun, powerful, and unique summer-camp experience for students entering seventh grade. Located at Camp Tecumseh in Brookston, Indiana, the experience offers horseback riding, canoeing, ziplining, archery, rock-climbing, swimming, and more, as well as opportunities to learn about electrical safety, ride bucket trucks, and consider careers in the… Continue reading.

Effective Jan. 22, 2025, Tipmont will increase prices on its monthly fiber broadband service plans — while also adding value with faster speeds on our most popular plans and the debut of a new plan for power users. Pricing increases are in response to rising costs for equipment, infrastructure, and resources required to maintain the… Continue reading.

As the Christmas season approaches, the quest for the perfect gift begins. This year, embrace the gift of giving with something thoughtful and hassle-free — a locally based subscription service that delights and surprises month after month (or sometimes daily). Whether your loved one is a new junkie, a chocolate addict (is that a cocoa-nut?),… Continue reading.

When driving into an area battered by a hurricane, it’s hard to fathom everything you’ll find. How many trees are down? What’s the extent of flooding? Are roads inaccessible? Are roads still there? All of this ran through Tipmont linemen’s minds in September en route to Georgia to assist Cobb EMC’s power restoration efforts to… Continue reading.

The regular meeting of the board of directors was held on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. All directors were present. Also attending were CEO Ron Holcomb and attorney Brian Garrison. The year-to-date margin is $1,164,277. The cooperative currently has an equity rate of 30.20%, and 731 new services have been installed this year. The next regular… Continue reading.

As 2024 nears its end, I hope all of you will have time to rest and rejuvenate during the holiday season, and to reflect on your important accomplishments and achievements over the past year. Among high points for our Tipmont team were completing our residential fiber build several years earlier than originally anticipated, welcoming a… Continue reading.

Tipmont members in newer homes may think they don’t need our free home energy assessment program — that it’s for people in homes built when fiber referred to your breakfast or your clothes. And while every home is unique, the typical one sends about a quarter of its heating and cooling costs right out the… Continue reading.