Jackson County Rural Electric Membership Corp

Jackson County Rural Electric Membership Corp, a tax-exempt non-profit rural electric cooperative headquartered in Brownstown, Indiana, operates as a federal grant sub-recipient focused on broadband infrastructure deployment in rural south-central Indiana, with no direct federal contracting relationship. The organization's federal footprint consists entirely of sub-award activity (92% of recent awards), with minimal prime engagement — a single grant award of record. Jackson County REMC has no role in federal procurement vehicles, competes in no set-aside categories, and derives its federal activity exclusively from state-level grant administration.

Federal grant work centers on broadband expansion in multi-county rural regions. Jackson County REMC received multiple sub-awards from the State of Indiana's broadband grant program totaling $2.397 million obligated funding (awarded April 28, 2022) covering 928 passings across Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, and Washington Counties, designed to deliver symmetrical 100 Mbps download and upload speeds or, where impracticable, 100 Mbps download with 20–100 Mbps upload capability with scalability to 100 Mbps symmetrical. The organization also received subsequent sub-awards from the same State of Indiana program (awarded April 26, 2024) for $1.888 million covering 731 passings in the same counties with identical speed specifications and a local match of $2.022 million. Most recently, Jackson County REMC received a sub-award from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (awarded March 17, 2026) for an Electrical/Fiber Optic infrastructure project designated as Jackson County REMC — Electrical/Fiber Optic Project F under Utilities program category 959965.

Customer concentration reflects grant administration through state entities. The Department of the Treasury Departmental Offices accounts for 11 of 13 total awards, though the source does not distinguish dollar magnitudes across those awards. The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service and Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards each account for one award. Activity is episodic — one award in 2020, four in 2022, seven in 2024, and one in 2026 — reflecting the grant cycle for broadband infrastructure deployment rather than ongoing operational contracting. Combined dollars obligated across all awards stands at $24.7 million. Jackson County REMC operates no parent contract vehicles and maintains no ongoing teaming relationships in the federal space; its federal engagement is limited to grant sub-recipient status under state-administered broadband programs.