From the Boardroom: July 2020
Tipmont’s board of directors held its regular board meeting via teleconference on Tuesday, May 26. All directors were present. Also attending were CEO Ron Holcomb and Attorney Jeff Helmerick. The year-to-date electric margin was $775,016.92. The cooperative currently has an equity rate of 36.43%, and 190 new services have been installed this year. The next […]
If you need help with your bill…
Last month, I shared that our board of directors decided to postpone the 2020 Annual Meeting, originally scheduled for Saturday, July 25. We’re all hoping that the pandemic continues to ebb, but the safety of each member we serve will always be our primary consideration. As of this mid-June writing, we’ve started to cautiously reopen […]
From the Boardroom: June 2020
Tipmont’s board of directors held its regular board meeting via teleconference on Tuesday, April 28. All directors were present. Also attending were CEO Ron Holcomb and Attorney Jeff Helmerick. The year-to-date electric margin was $990,313. The cooperative currently has an equity rate of 36.25%, and 145 new services have been installed this year. The next […]
Our 2020 Annual Meeting
Our Annual Meeting is an event I always look forward to. As you may know, its primary purpose is to elect the board of directors that governs our cooperative. But we also use the opportunity to celebrate the membership that makes Tipmont possible. It’s a privilege to visit with so many of you each year and […]
We’re here for you
I wrote last month about how our delivery of critical infrastructure makes our responsibility more important now than ever. Cooperatives routinely plan for emergency situations, and our emergency plan has served us well in a variety of circumstances — from ice storms to tornadoes. In these unprecedented times, we’ve taken some additional unprecedented steps to […]
From the Boardroom: March 2020
Tipmont’s board of directors held its regular board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 28. All directors were present. Also attending were CEO Ron Holcomb and Attorney Jeff Helmerick. The year-to-date margin was $1,354,279. The cooperative currently has an equity rate of 37.42%, and 729 new services have been installed this year. The next regular meeting of […]
2019 Reliability Report
In 2019, our top outage causes were power supply, trees and equipment failure, which is consistent with every other year going all the way back to 2012.
Electricity: A good value
Effective Jan. 22, Tipmont’s energy charge will increase from $0.1034 per kWh to $0.1054 per kWh and the service charge will increase from $32.50 per month to $34.50 per month. For the average residential consumer, this equals about $4.75 per month There are two components to your monthly bill from Tipmont: the energy charge and […]
Will your next vehicle be electric?
Electric vehicles (EVs) have a long and complicated history. The first electric car debuted in the U.S. around 1890. It was a six-passenger vehicle with a top speed of about 14 miles per hour. By the early 20th century, many taxis in New York City were electric. But the high cost of production compared to […]
Tipmont receives Next Level Communications broadband grant
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Thursday, August 8 that Tipmont REMC will receive $444,558 from the Next Level Connections Broadband Grant Program. The program, in its first phase of awards, is designed to foster broadband infrastructure investment in unserved areas of the state. “We’re grateful that the state of Indiana has recognized the dire and […]
