Join Us for Meet the Candidates!

Thursday, May 21 from 4- 7 p.m. All members are welcome! Enjoy informational booths, win door prizes, meet your board of directors, enjoy a free hot dog meal and take home a special gift. Don't forget the bounce house, face painting, and a kid's bike giveaway! We hope to see...

3400 S IN-3 New Castle, IN 47362

Our History

Mid-1930’s

Before Rural Electric Membership Corporations

  • 9 out of 10 rural homes were without electric service.
  • Farmers milked their cows by hand in the dim light of a kerosene lantern. The farmers wives were slave to the wood range and washboard.
  • The unavailability of electricity in rural areas kept their economies entirely and exclusively dependent on agriculture.
  • Factories and businesses preferred to locate in cities where electric power was easily acquired.
  • For many years, power companies ignored the rural areas of the nation.

1933 to 1935

Rural Electrification Administration

  • In 1933 when President Franklin Roosevelt took office, he recognized the need in our rural communities.
  • In 1935 he signed Executive Order No. 7037 establishing the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), which offered federal assistance to accomplish rural electrification.
  • It became important for the rural communities to work together to form not-for-profit, member-owned electric cooperatives and shed light on the country side.

April 1936

Formation of Henry County

  • In April 1936, Henry County REMC (HCREMC) was formed and incorporated after 13 local farmers were elected by the rural community to serve as board members for the HCREMC.
  • On behalf of the membership, board members were to conduct business in efforts to provide reliable and affordable electricity.
  • On August 26, 1936, HCREMC board members signed a construction loan contract with the REA for $413,000.
  • Soon after, materials were purchased, utility poles were erected and electrical equipment was installed.
  • The board of directors opened a headquarters on Broad Street in New Castle, IN next to the New Castle City Water and Light Plant.

January 1939

First Farm Illuminated

  • In January of 1939 the first Henry County farm was illuminated.

Today

Henry County REMC Today

  • HCREMC continues to provide reliable, safe and cost-competitive electrical service to enhance the lives of our members and the communities we serve.
  • We are non-profit and focused on long-term stability and value delivered to you.
  • Our success is measured by your overall satisfaction and your satisfaction is our profit.