Your Rights and Responsibilities

Located in Franklin, Indiana, JCREMC is a cooperative electric utility that supplies service to more than 27,000 accounts in Johnson County and portions of Morgan, Shelby, and Brown counties.

As a cooperative enterprise, we are a unique organization. The people who receive their electricity from us are more than just customers—they are members. As owners of the cooperative, members are entitled to the benefits that cooperatives offer, such as our non-profit business structure, local control and decision-making, strength in numbers, and a democratically elected board of directors who are themselves members.

The founding fathers of the electric cooperative movement had strong ties to Indiana. One of the first electric cooperatives to serve a rural area in America is located right here in our state. In the 1930s, investor-owned utilities were not interested in serving rural areas, feeling it would not be profitable. But the leaders of the agricultural communities of rural America knew that electricity was vital to the progress of our country. With federal funding available through the newly created Rural Electrification Administration, or REA, cooperatives began springing up across America.

Founded in 1935, JCREMC began operations with 1,129 members. Today, we serve over 27,000 accounts with over 1,700 miles of electric distribution line.

As a member of this cooperative, you have the right and responsibility to attend the annual meeting each year, where business of the corporation is detailed and discussed. As a member, you have the right to vote and elect fellow members to the cooperative’s board of directors at the annual meeting.

You also have the responsibility to protect JCREMC property and advise the office about any damage to cooperative property or dangerous conditions you may observe. Information about your rights and responsibilities can be found in our bylaws.