The cover photo of his Facebook page is the Coney Island Cyclone. And that alone might suggest that Tommy Roberts is capable of riding the ups and downs of the utility industry. Hoosier Energyâs Engineering Services Manager is not only a roller coaster aficionado, but heâs helping guide the integration of technology into Hoosierâs…
The Union Volunteer Fire Department hasnât been on a recorded run since 2018, and itâs been much longer since the department was fully functional and active. That will all change on January 1, 2024, thanks in part to a donation from Hoosier Energy. To receive calls and send notifications out to its firemen,…
Each year on the second Friday of October, Indianaâs electric cooperatives collectively participate in Community Day. This year, October 13 was no exception as cooperatives across the state met various needs within their service area. Some cooperatives held their projects on a different date, but all in all 15 of Hoosier Energyâs member cooperatives…
The Hoosier Energy Apprenticeship Training and Safety (HEATS) Program recently celebrated the 2023 graduating class with a ceremony in French Lick. After being welcomed by Hoosier Energy Manager of Safety and Training Brandon Gentry, IBEW Local 1393 Business Manager and Financial Secretary Bob Cox and Hoosier Energy Chief Technology Officer Bob Richhart, it was…
Sooner or later, life brings change for everyone. For Megan Miller, embracing change has been a lifestyle for the better part of two decades with no signs of letting up. From Minnesota to Florida to Indiana geographically, from healthcare to fitness expert to business management and beyond in studies, and a career that has…
Gerry Kinney has never played much golf, but at least once a year for the past four years, he has found himself at Fairfield Public Golf Course for the Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative Electrical Distribution Systems Scholarship Fundraiser. Thatâs what happens when the scholarship, which goes to a Frontier Community College student, bears your…
Some covered their ears, others jumped a little. Whatever the reaction to the pop of electricity, the young students attending the Childrenâs Farm Festival at Peden Farm paid rapt attention to the South Central Indiana REMC line crew doing a live line demonstration. The annual festival took place on September 28-29 in northern…
Nine 25-inch carbide tip circular saw blades attached to multiple 20-foot aluminum poles and powered by a 50-horsepower snowmobile motor that can be turned on and off remotely â attached to the bottom of a helicopter? It sounds like the kind of crazy, homemade contraption that would make even Tim the Toolman jealous. …
Ask Harold Gutzwiller anything about his trips to Japan. Just donât ask him how many times heâs been. âMy first trip to Japan was in 1998 or 1999, so my guess is greater than 10,â the Hoosier Energy Manager of Economic Development said. âBut itâs one of those things I shouldâve kept track…
The second annual Indiana Electric Cooperative Lineman Rodeo was a rootinâ-tootinâ good time on August 24-25, 2023, at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds. That was thanks in no small part to Hoosier Energy member cooperatives, who played a big role in the event practically doubling in size from its debut in 2022. A total…
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