Winter storm emergency sparks change for MISO, Hoosier Energy

Months after Winter Storm Fern put Indiana in a deep freeze, Hoosier Energy and its member cooperatives are still warming to the lessons learned.   On January 24, 2026, a Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) Maximum Generation Emergency event occurred, a rare event for all involved. This included calling on Load Modifying Resources (LMRs) and…

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Taking to the skies for static wire replacement project

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … flying linemen?   If you were in the right place at the right time near a 12-mile stretch of transmission lines between Tell City North and Bandon Substation in early April, you might have caught a glimpse of linemen tethered underneath a helicopter, soaring through the air…

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PowerClerk aids growing interconnection process

As a generation and transmission (G&T) cooperative, Hoosier Energy manages larger distributed generation interconnections for its member cooperatives.   Termed the Small Generator Interconnection Process (SGIP), these interconnections are for generating facilities larger than 50 kilowatts but no more than 20 megawatts and interconnected at less than or equal to 34.5kV. The member cooperatives handle…

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Donnie Eslinger celebrating 50 years at Hoosier Energy

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…

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Data centers, affordability in focus at Annual Meeting

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…

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