2021 Highlights & Happenings | The Frontier Power Company

2021 Highlights and Happenings at The Frontier Power Company

• Scholarship winners were 1st Places - Erin Wilson, River View High School and Zachary Balo, River View High School. 2^nd Places - Stacia Hatfield, River View High School and Sean Nicely, River View High School. Zachary Balo also was honorable mention at the statewide competition earning an additional $1400 in scholarships.

• Hired new employees Matthew Mourer and Logan Wallace in our right-of-way department.

• Hired Aaron Crabtree to fill the maintenance/groundskeeper position.

• Hired James Jensen as the accounting representative.

• Hunter Bowman, graduate of River View High School, was summer help and completed various jobs around the warehouse.

• Kelly Kendall graduated from the Leadership Edge program.

• Rob Totten, Members Services, and Tyler Frazer, Frontier Propane Supervisor participated in 2021 Earth Day at Wills Creek, educating 14 classes of sixth graders from River View, Ridgewood, and Sacred Heart schools.

• Helped River View Junior High celebrate the last day of school by providing a cookout for students and staff, who were served by Steve Nelson, Kelly Kendall, Melvin McVay and Aaron Crabtree.

• Board members were elected by mail and announced on Frontier Power’s and Frontier Propane’s websites, facebook and Ohio Cooperative Living. The winners were District A, Coshocton County – Bill Daugherty, District B-1, Tuscarawas County – Seth Gerber, and Frontier Propane At-Large – Mark Wills.

• Steven K. Nelson, General Manager, was re-elected as chairman of Buckeye Power, Inc. Board of Trustees for his 26^th term.

• Sent three linemen and all of our right-of-way crews to Buckeye Rural Electric for about 20 days to help repair their equipment and restore power from the ice storms that hit their area in mid-February

• Purchased several animals at the Tuscarawas and Coshocton county fairs supporting our local youth completing FFA and 4-H projects. Kelly Kendall helped clerk the Coshocton Jr. Fair livestock auction.

• Installed and donated to the implementation of Storyboards story walk at Clary Gardens.

• Returned approximately $49,500 in credits on December electric bills for members who have a water heater control switch to help beat the peak.

• Returned approximately $3,100 in credits on June, July, August and September electric bills for members who participate in the “Cool Returns” program.

• Issued grants with funds generated from the “Frontier Power Community Connections Fund” helping organizations totaling $30,890

• Returned approximately $384,030 in general retirement capital credits to current and former members and $322,100 was paid to estates.

• Service progress included over 110 new connections, 41 individual upgrades, 52 pole changes and over 20 new security lights installed.

• Replaced and rebuilt approximately 16 miles of line.

• Sponsored the 40^th Annual Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival in June, a free event for the community. Employees served on the balloon committee, worked the T-shirt booth, and delivered propane to the balloons.

Although 2021 was still a bit challenging, Frontier Power is getting back to normal operations after halting many activities for 2020. We may have changed a few things permanently, but we are moving forward. We’re still helping other cooperatives when needed, we’re still providing scholarships to members’ children, offering rebates and upgrading our equipment to better serve our members. We value our commitment to our community and continue to support various groups, agencies, and events in our area.