EARLY  Brownstown Electric Supply Company 
was started in 1970 by Mr. Carl Shake and
a long time friend and industry associate
Mr. Earl Hobbs, who had been in the line
construction contracting work since 1956.
Carl came from a long history in the
electric utility business, starting as a
lineman for Northern Indiana Power Service
(NIPSCO), Public Service Indiana (PSI) and
then working for General Electric in their
supply divisions (GESCO) in the cities of
Terre Haute and Indianapolis, Indiana,
before starting Brownstown Electric Supply
Company in 1970.

     Incorporated in the State of Indiana
in 1970, Brownstown Electric grew from a
sales area that served the southern Indiana
area, to a company with five locations,
serving a four state region including the
States of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and
Ohio.  Today Brownstown Electric operates
from their five locations in the States of
Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio.

RECENTLY  Brownstown Electric has a sales
staff with extensive electric utility
experience with backgrounds in line
construction, engineering (EE & PE), safety,
purchasing and most recently, a first class
technical and metering department. We offer
a full line of services to our utility friends with
the versatility to modify any of our process,
to mold a procurement process that best suites
the utilities needs, be they cooperative,
Municipal or Investor-Owned Utility. In that
Brownstown Electric Supply Company is a closely
held, privately owned corporation we feel this
gives us the versatility we need to be able
to serve our customers to the best of our
abilities without the constraints of a large
distant national corporate directive.