2025 Annual Report: Hoosier Energy
Hoosier Energy 2025 Annual Report
Open houses kick off transmission line project in Illinois
The Kays to Wheeler Creek Transmission Line Project kicked off with a trio of open houses by Hoosier Energy and Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative during the first week of March. The proposed rebuild and upgrade of 28 miles of transmission line will take place in Wayne-White territory between the Fairfield South Substation and Wheeler…
Spring MMSC meeting sparks important discussions
On March 18, Hoosier Energy hosted its 2026 spring Marketing, Member Services and Communicators (MMSC) Meeting. The meeting provided an opportunity for representatives of the member cooperatives to dive deeper and share experiences about a handful of key topics. Early arrivals got the chance to discuss rebates related to Demand-Side Management (DSM). …
Q&A: Sowder serves year as IEDA chair
The Indiana Economic Development Association (IEDA) has long been associated with Hoosier Energy, which was among the group of utilities, banks, law firms, accountants and other community pillars who helped start the organization. In 2025, Economic Development Manager Jeremy Sowders served as chair of the IEDA board, helping guide the group through a year…
AI session highlights practical examples
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become more than a buzzword. It’s now an inevitable part of any business. In early February, a panel of Hoosier Energy employees helped demonstrate some ways that was the case during a Lunch & Learn at Headquarters and a Breakfast & Learn at PDOC. Presentations came from Vice President…
LMR participants called into action for the first time
There’s a first time for everything, and the first time for Hoosier Energy to deploy the Load Modifying Resource (LMR) Program came on January 24, 2026. The LMR program started in June of 2023, motivated in part by the severe cold of Winter Storm Elliott in December of 2022. Running in tandem with the…
Billing assessment helps Hoosier Energy move forward
In the spring of 2025, Hoosier Energy began a billing assessment operation, guided by 1898 and Co. The goal was to examine the Hoosier Energy billing process from start to finish. “We sort of refer to it as the cash register of the company, but what it boils down to is we’ve got…
Centerton to Wilbur 69kV Project Wrapup
Centerton to Wilbur 69kV Project wraps up.
Student Board of Directors a first for Orange County REMC
The idea took root while Orange County REMC Marketing and Sales Manager Montana Roberts was taking Indiana Electric Cooperatives’ RELITE program last year. “I heard other participants talking about their student board, and the things they’d been doing,” she said. “I was really interested in learning more, so we were able to talk about…
Case, Houser recipients of Hoosier Energy scholarships
Becoming a lineman is more than an individual career path for Cody Case and Briar Houser. It’s about becoming part of a team. That was the takeaway for the December 2025 graduates of the North American Lineman Training Center and the latest recipients of Hoosier Energy’s Daniel L. Schuckman and W. Eugene Roberts…