Whitewater Valley Rural Electric Membership Corporation is a not-for-profit utility distributing electricity to nearly 12,000 meters across its six-county service area in east-central Indiana. Located in Liberty, Ind., the cooperative employs 27 people.
An active member of the community, Whitewater Valley REMC and its employees support the area through a variety of scholarships, financial contributions, in-kind donations, volunteerism, and other programs.
Whitewater Valley REMC is a distribution co-op — we do not generate our own electricity. Hoosier Energy, based in Bloomington, is our electric cooperative’s power supplier, along with 18 other southern Indiana and Illinois electric distribution cooperatives. Hoosier Energy operates one coal-fired generating plant and two additional natural gas-fired peaking stations. It delivers energy over a high-voltage transmission network.
A Balanced Approach to Energy
How Does Power Go from Generation to Distribution?
To understand how power is distributed to our members, think of electricity distribution like a river in reverse. It originates at a single ocean of power—a generation plant—and diverges from there into a series of transmission lines, substations, and smaller feeder lines until it reaches homes and businesses.
Whitewater Valley REMC is a distribution co-op — we do not generate our own electricity. Hoosier Energy, based in Bloomington, is our electric cooperative’s power supplier, along with 18 other southern Indiana and Illinois electric distribution cooperatives. Hoosier Energy's generation resources include coal, natural gas, and renewables.
