Consider a cooperative career
The return of students to school each August signals a new beginning. For those of you are headed off to college or a trade school, you’re hopefully giving careful consideration to your future career. I encourage you to include electric cooperatives. Evolving technology is changing how energy is generated and distributed through the electric grid […]
History repeats itself
78 years after FDR created the REA to bring electricity to rural America, co-ops are once again poised to transform life for rural Americans.
Performance, rates and value
Effective June 2017, Tipmont’s service charge will increase from $29 per month to $32.50 per month for residential members. The rate adjustment pays for continued investment in the distribution system to maintain service reliability. System performance In 2012, Tipmont launched an initiative to improve your service reliability while continuing to meet the growing demand for […]
How to lower your bill this summer
With summer just around the corner, here are five tried and true ways to lower your energy usage during warm weather.
Where does your energy dollar go?
There are two ways to explore where your energy dollar goes: inside your home (how you use your energy) and outside your home (how Tipmont uses your energy dollars).
2016 Reliability Report: Mother Nature returns
When I wrote our 2015 reliability report last year, I knew Mother Nature had been overly kind. The majority of our outages most years stem from weather-related events. 2015 was, by all accounts, a very weather-neutral year in our service area. In 2016, our total member minutes out was about 33 percent higher. However, the […]
‘Share your voice’ in our member survey
The 2017 Tipmont REMC Member Survey will
provide the crucial information needed to guide future decisions for your cooperative.
Avoiding the energy rush
Did you know that when you use electricity often matters as much as how much electricity you consume? Meeting increasing demand Electricity use fluctuates throughout the day based on consumer demand, and electric co-ops such as Tipmont must be able to provide enough electricity to meet the total energy demand during times of highest energy […]
Delivering value in 2016
What a year it’s been for Tipmont and its members. Since January 1, 2016 Tipmont has hooked up 361 new membership service locations. That may not sound like much, but at a time when many rural electric cooperatives are experiencing flat or declining growth, we are acutely aware of how lucky we are to have […]
Addressing the fiber rumors
An increasing amount of questions are being asked about Tipmont’s fiber implementation, so let me use this opportunity to describe the project and its many benefits. What’s happening now and why Tipmont is currently installing fiber lines across its system to improve electric service reliability and operational efficiency. Fiber-based communications improves Tipmont’s command and control […]
