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United REMC is locally owned, locally governed. The service territory includes 11 director districts, with each director serving a three-year term. Members elect at least three directors in voting held at each annual meeting. United REMC serves parts of seven counties – Wells, Huntington, part of southwest Allen, and fringe areas of Wabash, Whitley, Grant, and Adams counties.
For a description of the director territories, click here.

As a cooperative, our consumers are members - we are owned by those we serve. That sets us apart from investor-owned utilities who must answer to their stockholders. We, as a cooperative, are responsible first to our members.

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YOUR Board of Directors

Shown above is the Board of Directors for United REMC. They include, front row from left:
Stan Hippensteel, District 2; Kyle Lund, District 3; Alan Schlagenhauf, District 11.
Middle row: Steve Williams, District 1; and Gary Fausz, District 4.
Back row: Ed Thiele, District 5; Ralph Keefer, District 10; Ted Martz, District 6; Fred Schweikhardt, District 9; John Anson, District 7; and Joh Smith, District 8

Locally Governed

History

Our history dates back to the mid-1930s when the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) was formed to provide low-cost loans to cooperatives that brought electricity to the country. Rural people literally banded together – pooling not only resources but labor as well – to set poles and run electric lines into rural America.

Heritage Picture

United REMC currently has over 11,400 meters with 1,400 miles of line and over 27,000 poles. Nearly half our electric sales are to industrial and commercial accounts.

United was formed in 1965 with the merger of then Allen-Wells REMC and Huntington County REMC. Historically, United has ranked among the top of all electric utilities in the state in terms of rates. With growth expanding out from the towns and cities everywhere, United has and will continue to add new members who prefer a more rural setting.

Electric rates are designed to cover operating and purchased power costs. Revenue over and above operating and power costs and investments in plant facilities is later returned to customers as patronage capital.

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