Hoosier Energy serves more than 760,000 consumers through 18 member electric cooperatives across a 15,000-square-mile area in Indiana and Illinois.
Our member cooperatives help to distribute energy to more than 300,000 homes, farms and businesses across central and southern Indiana and southeastern Illinois.
We’ve developed an energy strategy focused on diversified generation facilities and a resilient transmission network. We’re also expanding our renewables program.
Our people are the lifeblood of our organization. We prioritize the health and well-being of our employees and value the contributions of every team member, from entry level up to the C-suite.
Donna Walker
Rob Horton
Chris Goffinet
Chris Blunk
Jon Jackson
Scott Bowers
Bob Richhart
Shannon Thom
Richie Field
Will Kaufman
Justin Swarens
Communication is key. New microwave towers are helping to optimize the reliability of Hoosier Energy’s communication system in infrastructure and operations. The latest to be completed is the Bedford Tower, which in December followed on the heels of new towers at Bloomington Primary and Kingston. Next up will be a new tower at…
Hoosier Energy, GDS Associates offer expert assistance to determine eligibility, qualifying projects for farms and small businesses Bloomington IN – In an effort to provide technical support to agricultural producers and rural small businesses applying to the USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), Hoosier Energy along with GDS Associates continue to assist applicants…
Bear Run Mine in Sullivan County is the biggest surface mine in the eastern United States. When the mine was ready to move west early in 2024, it was a big job for Hoosier Energy to move a 69 kV transmission line out of the way. Originally built in April of 1969, the…
Almost a year and a half ago, Hoosier Energy member cooperative staff began taking Certified Key Account Executive (CKAE) courses. As the number of cooperative staff certified began to grow – now numbering 21 across 13 of Hoosier Energy’s 18 members – the most daunting question for many was how to get started. …
Indiana’s electric cooperatives seek to collectively invoke the cooperative principle of concern for community on the second Friday of each October. In 2024, October 11 was designated as Community Day. A total of 16 Hoosier Energy member cooperatives took part in the annual event – some on that day, some before and some after.…
When Logan Shelton’s cousin Dustin died in 2008 at the age of 32, members of his family stepped up to carry on the legacy with the Dustin Rump Big Buck Contest, a yearly fundraiser to support Rump’s son, Isaac. For the past three years, that fundraiser had been dormant. But Shelton, in his third…
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