Hoosier Energy crew members work from bucket tracks nearly 100 feet in the air.

Woodpecker to blame for Redbird Line Rebuild

Some projects are for the birds, and some are because of the birds.   It was a case of the latter for Hoosier Energy’s recent Redbird Line Rebuild.   With a right of way running through the Redbird State Recreation Area in Greene County, last spring a hole was spotted in one of the poles…

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Franklin, Pheifer members of 40-40 club at SCI

Change is inevitable over the course of four decades.   But at South Central Indiana REMC, there have been two constants – Rex Franklin and Jerry Pheifer.   There hasn’t been a board of directors without the pair since the early 1980s.   Pheifer came on board in 1982 with Franklin following suit a year…

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Community Impact Fund making a difference

A new year means a new chance to help communities and nonprofit organizations within Hoosier Energy territory.   The means to do that comes from Hoosier Energy’s aptly titled Community Impact Fund. Or at least that’s the name it’s gone by for the past two years, previously known as the Corporate Contributions Account.   “Each…

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Lynch elected to ULME steering committee

Hoosier Energy’s Michelle Lynch attended her first in-person PLMA (Peak Load Management Alliance) Conference just two years ago in Baltimore. It was the first post-COVID event for the member-led nonprofit organization.   A subset of PLMA is another member of the alphabet soup family, ULME (Utility Load Management Exchange). While PLMA is made up of…

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