A Transformative Year
2018 marks the 79th year that Tipmont’s membership will gather for our Annual Meeting. When Tipmont’s first Annual Meeting was held on August 26, 1938, it consisted of about 1,000 members looking to bring electricity to their rural homes and farms. Nearly eight decades later, we’re facing similar transformative circumstances today that will fundamentally redefine […]
Building for the future
As you read this, crews are preparing the infrastructure that will deliver high speed broadband internet along with television and telephone service to Tipmont’s membership. I’ve received emails and calls from many of you, and I’m humbled by your excitement. I wrote last month about how fiber uses hair-thin strands of pure glass to transmit […]
Why fiber internet?
In last month’s article, I shared that Tipmont is bringing fiber broadband internet to our members. Feedback from our members has made it clear that their quality of life was threatened due to the lack of a high speed broadband internet service. As a member-owned and member-driven organization, Tipmont is uniquely positioned to meet these […]
Broadband: we heard you, and we’re responding
Tipmont is bringing broadband internet to our members! Tipmont is a member-owned cooperative. Our mission is to listen and respond to your needs by providing the essential services that you need to be empowered. You’ve told us that affordable high-speed broadband is a necessity of modern life that many of you are lacking today. We […]
2017 Reliability Report: Transmission improvements
Each year in March, I write a summary of the previous year’s electric reliability report. It’s a fascinating exercise each year each year because of the variety in Mother Nature’s behavior, which is a major determinant of outages. 2015 was a very weather-neutral year, which resulted in one of the lowest numbers of total member […]
Delivering value in 2017
Tipmont’s CEO Ron Holcomb pens a review of Tipmont’s operations in 2017.
Investing in our youth
Tipmont is in a unique position to provide valuable opportunities for young people in the communities we serve.
From Olive to Automation
Tipmont REMC has increased visibility into our electric system to reduce the time it takes to restore your power.
Electricity: The human condition
Meet Olive Meadows, a
treasured part of Tipmont’s history and one of the few people who remember the days before electricity and how transformative the service was in their daily lives.
Cyber security
In his October 2017 column, CEO Ron Holcomb discussed cyber security at Tipmont REMC
