Hoosier Energy serves more than 700,000 consumers through 17 member electric cooperatives across a 15,000-square-mile area in Indiana and Illinois.
Our member cooperatives help to distribute energy to more than 285,000 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.
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Donnie Eslinger began work at Hoosier Energy on March 29, 1976.
Hoosier Energy has long been at the forefront of the energy industry. Donnie Eslinger looks back at his role in one standard of Hoosier innovation — digital fault recorders.
Meticulous. Problem-solver. Easy going. Knowledgeable. Sharp. Generous. These are all words used to describe Donnie Eslinger. Add them all up, and after 50 years at Hoosier Energy, there’s just one word to describe Eslinger – golden. The Dugger, Indiana, native is celebrating a pair of golden anniversaries in 2026. He started work…
While the new Merom Plant was still in the commissioning phase in the early 1980s, Donnie Eslinger and Darrell Goodson often found themselves with downtime between tasks. It’s dangerous to give smart guys free time, but this duo was interested in improving the company. With Eslinger inspired in part by his father’s career as…
The 2026 Hoosier Energy Annual Meeting convened on April 8 with the theme of Bold Moves, Cooperative Priorities. It might also have been subtitled: Data Centers and Affordability. That trend started right out of the gate with comments from Hoosier Energy President & CEO Donna Walker, who noted that while these are hot…
The 2026 Annual Meeting was the first for Hoosier Energy in two years after last year’s event was canceled due to severe storms and tornado threats. As with most anything in the energy industry, a lot has changed in two years. But Hoosier Energy’s mission of providing reliable and affordable energy has not, even…
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