Our Mission
"To provide our members with electricity and quality, efficient service, while maintaining a financially healthy and rate competitive position in the industry through teamwork, mutual respect, and an on-going commitment to our members."
Board of Directors
District 1
Jack Knust
District 2
President
James S. Weimer
District 3
Vice President
James A. Jackson
District 4
David L. Stone
District 5
Secretary
Roger Shake
District 6
Ronald E. Thompson
District 7
Treasurer
Bill Watkins
District 8
Jack Benham
Staff
Chief Executive Officer
Brian L. Sparks
Manager of Office and Administrative Services
Laura Johnson
Manager of Operations and Engineering
Shane Smith
Superintendent
Bob Wilson
Manager of Marketing
Jill Gilmore
Manager of Energy Services
Darla Truelove
Service Interruptions
To report service interruptions, call (812) 384-4446 or (800) 489-7362 (day or night). Please have your location number ready when reporting outages. Routine questions answered during regular business hours.
Youth to Washington Tour
The Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D.C., has been sponsored annually by Indiana’s Electric Cooperatives since 1957, when then U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson urged electric co-ops to send promising young people to tour the nation’s capital. Each year, approximately 50 high school juniors across Indiana are mixed in with peers from 45 other states to congregate in D.C. in June. Our delegates meet our government officials firsthand and visit monuments, all while meeting fellow students from the state of Indiana. Students partake in guided tour through the Gettysburg National Park and Battleground, conduct a brief stop in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, and enjoy an evening tour of the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials. Delegates will also tour the Arlington National Cemetery, national museums, participate in a Capitol Hill Rally with congressional office visits, enjoy a Potomac River dinner/dance cruise, and tour the Vietnam and Korean War Memorials. The week-long event will conclude with an All-States Dinner Dance including the 46 state delegations.
Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC, in conjunction with the Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. sponsors this trip annually. The trip is available to students that have met the requirements to complete their junior year of high school and plan to return for their senior year. Students living within the UDWI REMC territory are eligible to apply. Delegates are selected for this program by their local electric cooperative through the overall strength of the applicant. Contact the UDWI office at (812) 384-4446 or (800) 489-7362 for more information.
2010 Youth Tour Recipients
- Jennifer Nolting, White River Valley
- Amanda Mowery, White River Valley
- Meredith Heffner, Northview High School