Small Change, Changing Lives
Southern Indiana Power offers members an opportunity to help their neighbors and communities in which they live by helping fund worthwhile projects. Operation Round Up is a community service fundraising program.
The fund shall be used to benefit people and organizations such as Special Olympics, volunteer fire departments, Relay for Life, youth programs, 4-H, disaster relief, senior citizen programs, and other community service projects. The fund will not be used to pay electric bills or to support or oppose political candidates or campaigns.
Spring 2022 Grant Award Details
Amount Granted — $15,043
Fire Departments & Emergency Services
Chrisney Volunteer Fire Department: $2960 for the purchase of 18 helmet smoke penetrating lights and 8 guardian lights.
Central Perry Volunteer Fire Department: $2718 for three portable tower lights and 3 handheld radios.
Anderson Township Volunteer Fire Department: $4,367 to purchase chainsaw tower lights, cut-off saw, and a brass fire hydrant gate valve.
Community-Based Programs
Schubael Little Pioneer Village: $728 to purchase 5 security cameras.
Cannelton Food Panty: $2,500 to assist with improving driveway and updating handicap ramps.
Youth Programs
Scholarships: Roger Hunter, III – $500 University of Southern Indiana, Southridge High School
Evan Lovell, $500 – Purdue University, South Spencer High School
Andrew Daming, $500 – Indiana State University, South Spencer High School
Claire Snyder, $500 – University of Dayton, Heritage Hills High School
Operation Round Up is just what the name implies. Southern Indiana Power will simply “round up” the electric bill of participating members to the next highest dollar. For example, a member’s monthly bill of $52.79 would be automatically rounded up to $53.00 with the additional 21 cents going to the Operation Round Up fund. Or, if your bill is $26.17, then the bill would be rounded up to $27.00 with 83 cents deposited in the fund.
Participating members will average 50 cents per month or $6.00 in contributions per year. Six dollars won’t buy much by itself, but with the majority of our members participating, the fund will soon collect enough money to really make a significant difference. The maximum a member could contribute would be $11.88 per year. That is 99 cents times 12 months which is highly unlikely. The donations are tax-deductible and members will be notified each year of the total amount of their contribution.
All Operation Round Up donations are placed in trust and administered by an independent board of trustees operating on behalf of the SIREC Community Trust, Inc. The seven-member board of trustees serves on a voluntary basis and geographically covers the Southern Indiana Power service territory.
Application Process
We accept new applications two times a year, from January 1 to February 15 and then again on August 1 to September 15.
Please click on the appropriate link below and print the application (PDFs will be available closer to the application date).
- Operation Round Up Application 2023
ORU Guidelines (PDF)
Next grant cycle is January 1 – February 15, 2023. - Scholarship Application 2023
- Scholarship Guidelines (PDF) If you’ve already received a scholarship you will not be eligible. Applications will be accepted starting January 1 – February 15, 2023.
Operation Round Up is a voluntary program and members may choose to opt-out at any time. Fill out the form below to opt in or out of the program.