WIN Energy gives apprentices a special project

When opportunity knocked, WIN Energy Line Superintendent Matt Glomski listened.   It all started when Responsible Energy called about a project reclaiming some of their old surface mine area near Petersburg. There was a three-phase primary line running through the right of way that fed some of their pumps, and it needed to be disposed…

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My Cow: The Cooperative Spirit at Work

The game began years and years ago.   It ended with a 1,700-mile journey across the United States … in a mini-van … with a three-week-old Highland calf named Snickers.   Welcome to “My Cow” – an epic finale for two best friends and an epic beginning for one life-changing non-profit organization.   The only…

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Turkey farm sees benefits of REAP TAG program

Ask, and you shall receive.   That might be oversimplifying the USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Technical Assistance Grant (TAG), but it was an effective strategy for Montgomery turkey farmer Bryan Fuhs.   “I thought, ‘Well, it’s worth looking into,’” Fuhs said. “I needed to do (energy-efficiency updates) anyway, so if the program’s…

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2024 edition of Lineman Rodeo reaches new heights

The 2024 Indiana Electric Cooperative Lineman Rodeo was bigger and better than ever.   What started with 14 co-ops, 15 teams and 55 total participants in 2021 rose to 28 co-ops, 37 teams and 138 total participants on Aug. 22-23 at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville.   There were also 30 industry-related vendors on…

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Megaloads, EVs among hot topics at Electrify Indiana 2024

Depending on who you ask, the highlights of Electrify Indiana 2024 were megaloads, electric vehicles, food, music, vendors and networking.   And the next person might say the same thing.   That was certainly the case for many of the Hoosier Energy member cooperatives who attended the event. Each of them found one, two, three,…

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Electrify Indiana 2024 overflowing with information

In an industry changing so much, so quickly, there’s no such thing as too much information.   But that didn’t stop Electrify Indiana 2024 – presented by Hoosier Energy, Wabash Valley Power Alliance and Indiana Electric Cooperatives to promote beneficial electrification – from pushing the limits of possibility.   With over 300 attendees representing over…

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Ashley Bowling Q&A: On her own unique journey

What started as her first “big-girl job” has become a career for Ashley Bowling.   Now a year and a half into her role as Executive Assistant at Hoosier Energy, Bowling is more than the new Melanie. She’s her own Ashley, and she recently sat down with GridLines to talk about that and more.  …

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Record number of scholarships, funds go to the class of 2024

As the 2024-25 school year begins, 95 college students from Hoosier Energy member cooperatives are reaping the benefits of scholarships awarded this past spring and summer.   That total surpasses last year’s previous high-water mark of 90 and includes a pair of statewide scholarship winners. Southern Indiana Power’s Cyrilla Sommer of Tell City received a…

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Knowledge a focus during 2024 Strategic Issues Forum

Quantum computers, artificial intelligence, social media, cryptocurrency – all discussed during Hoosier Energy’s 2024 Strategic Issues Board Forum.   But amid the head-spinning, mind-bending discussion of the present and future of information-sharing, there was a presentation anchored in more familiar territory. This one might be best described by the old NBC moniker, “The More You…

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Hoosier Energy receives Pollinator Program Award

Two years ago, Hoosier Energy became the first generation and transmission cooperative to receive a Certificate of Inclusion for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agree with Assurances (CCAA) for the monarch butterfly.   That commitment to integrated vegetation management and the practices encouraging habitat maintenance and development continues to reap benefits.…

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