NEWS & NOTES FROM CARROLL WHITE REMC

This episode features a look back at the 2016-17 Twin Lakes Boy's Basketball team and their run to the IHSAA State Championship game.  It highlights the Senior Class that put together a 4 year Sectional Championship run that was a first in school history.  We feature Head Coach Kent Adams, and members of that senior class with Blake Bennington, Bryce Bennington, and Justin Crabb.  There is a introduction to this from Kent Bennington and Casey Crabb talking about this group growing up and their basketball experiences together.  

This episode features board member Gary Gerlach and we talk about the history of electric cooperatives.  We discuss how and why electric coops formed, their growth and the importance of the 7 coop principles.  If you enjoy history yo will enjoy this podcast.

2026 Budget & Workplan.  This podcast has the board, CEO, Management Team and Accountant talking about the 2026 annual budget and workplan.  What work will REMC be doing this year on the system and how we put this plan together.

The load management devices that REMC has used for decades on our popular water heater program as well as the AC units are undergoing change in 2025.  We are in the process of changing out all the switches or units that we have in the field which totals around 4,000.  Please listen to this short podcast for details on the change-out.

This episode features Hunter Haygood of Enjoy White County and Madison Kauffman of the Carroll County Chamber discussing all the happenings in the area and ways for families to enjoy the great quality of life we have!

This is a wonderful resource of information for community giving as we interview the White County United Way and White County Community Foundation.  Give it a listen and see how you or someone you know may donate or perhaps need services provided within the White County area.  Lots of great information and exciting happenings with these two very active not-for-profits!

This podcast talks with our Operations/Line Dept. about how they operate, work on the system and keep the energy flowing on a daily basis over nearly 2,300 miles of energized line in parts of 9 counties.

Discussion about the power supply and the electric grid in the Midwest and how decisions are made with regards to the energy that flows on the grid.  Who makes high level decisions and will there be supply issues in the coming years around Indiana and the Midwest?

If you are interested in the process of how we put an annual budget together, what the workplans look like, this is your podcast.  Lots of information about what Carroll White REMC will be doing across our system this year.  At the end we also touch on power supply issues nationally, how that may affect us locally as well as how we work major outages/storms and how we prioritize restoring power in those bad situations.

Hear insight and advice on how to winterize your home and ways to help control costs over the winter months with our Energy Advisor Joe Spear.  At the end we also touch on the 2024 annual meeting and Board of Director elections.