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 […]
Banh Mi and You — A Perfect Combo
Why is it that farmers’ markets always feel the farthest away in February? No matter what the groundhog says, we’re only weeks away from strolling in the sunshine for fresh, local fare. But February is definitely a gut-wrenching gauntlet of sizable snowfall and sub-zero temperatures. Thankfully, Banh Mi Eatery in Lafayette has your palate covered […]
Looking for a Career? Explore a Bundle of Energy Programs
What does energy technology entail, exactly? John Roudebush hears that a lot when discussing the courses he teaches as Ivy Tech Lafayette’s Energy Technology program chair. “We look at how wind and solar power can complement the use of natural gas,” Roudebush says of the program, which started in 2010 shortly after wind farms opened […]
Capital credits coming in January 2020
The Tipmont REMC board of directors authorized a capital credit retirement for members that received service in 1987. The capital credits reflect those members’ contribution of capital to, and ownership of, the cooperative during those years. Those funds helped us build and maintain a reliable electric distribution system and cover emergency expenses. Eligible members receiving […]
Happy Trails to You Until We Eat Again
I’m not a food challenge kind of guy. For a newspaper story, I once dressed as Santa and ate “firebrand spice” chili to get Santa Claus’ name on a wall of fame. And sure: A friend and I may have been responsible for amendments to a former Lafayette restaurant’s all-you-can-eat sushi lunch. But scaling multi-pound […]
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 […]
The Luck of Nine Irish is Still Going Strong
My wife and I have only lived together in two different cities: Springfield, Illinois; and Lafayette, Indiana. But each is home to a local restaurant that would follow us wherever we may go if we had our druthers. Places where they know you and what you want. That jump to the top of any dining-out […]
When in Noble Roman’s: A new spin on an old name
Given our area’s bounty of good eats, you can get almost anything you want, any night you want … except an excellent, localized everyday pizza. Some of you are wondering when Tipmont relaxed its restrictions on blasphemy. Some of you are nodding your head because you know what I mean. It isn’t that no one’s […]
Taco Rico: No frills? No problem
It’s a bit of amusing irony that two of Lafayette’s more appealing exotic restaurants are hidden in the average aesthetics of a Sagamore Parkway strip mall. Sharma’s Kitchen offers top-flight Indian and Indochinese cuisine on its buffet. Just a few doors down, there’s Taco Rico — which continues to maintain its low-key great status as […]
5G: Is it a threat to fiber?
I’ve been asked a few times how the fiber lines we’re building today will stand up to the promises of tomorrow’s wireless internet technology. While there are a lot of technological promises on the horizon, we can’t know for certain how they are all going to play out. Here are some things we do know […]
