2023 Highlights & Happenings | The Frontier Power Company

2023 Highlights and Happenings at The Frontier Power Company

• Scholarship winners were 1st Places Josey Richard, River View High School and Jonathan Vu, River View High School, 2^nd Places Adeline Kendle, New Philadelphia High School and Kaden Arnold, River View High School. Josey was also awarded an additional $2,100 at OEC’s Children of Members Scholarship competition, held in April.

• Michael Vickers and Landen Wince were hired as summer help to complete various jobs for the right-of-way department.

• Hired new employees Adam Croup as a propane technician, Trevor Cox as a right-of-way crew leader, and Nolan Hagan and Landen Wince in the right-of-way department.

• Phil Crowdy, Operations & Engineering Manager, retired after working 15 years at Frontier Power.

• Kyle Cramblett was promoted to Operations Manager.

• Corey Miller was promoted to first class lineman.

• Logan Desender was promoted to right-of-way crew leader.

• Rick Haines was promoted to the member services department.

• Nate Smith was promoted to propane technician.

• Hosted Customer Appreciation Day on May 5^th at the Frontier Power facility with approximately 500 people in attendance.

• Rob Totten presented electrical safety demonstrations for Coshocton Elementary GEARS in April, Earth Day at Wills Creek Dam in May, Coshocton Job & Family Services youth program and Safety Town at Coshocton Fairgrounds in June, Camp Ohio in July, Coshocton Elementary GEARS summer school in August, and River View Elementary after school program in November. A total of 414 students and 25 adults attended these programs.

• Hosted our Annual Meeting at the Frontier Power facility on July 28 with nearly 700 members and guests in attendance. All members in attendance received a $10 bill credit and a cast iron skillet. Drawings included one member’s name for a $100 bill credit and 10 members’ names for a $25 bill credit.

• Board members were elected by mail and announced at the Annual Meeting. The Frontier Power winners were District BII, Tuscarawas County – Incumbent Ann Gano: District D, Coshocton County – Incumbent Tim Dickerson

• Steven K. Nelson, General Manager, was re-elected as chairman of Buckeye Power, Inc. Board of Trustees for his 28^th term.

• In April, linemen Bill Mizer and Blake McKee volunteered to help Carroll Electric Cooperative in eastern Ohio restore power after an outage of nearly 3,000 meters in their service area.

• 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.

• Returned $48,850 in credits on December electric bills for members who have a water heater control switch to help beat the peak.

• Returned approximately $3,072 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 $19,450.

• Returned $279,881.97 in general retirement capital credits to current and former members and $310,930.36 was paid to estates.

• Service progress included 116 new connections, 57 individual upgrades, 551 poles set and 12 new security lights installed.

• Replaced and rebuilt approximately 7 miles of line.

• Purchased new Jaraff, Polaris ranger, chipper truck and chipper machine.

• Sponsored the 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 many things have changed over the last few years, our commitment to our members is unwavering. Our employees continue to be very active in serving our members and the community. Of note, many presentations on electricity and electrical safety were given this year. We will always volunteer and contribute financially to our service area. Our Co-op Connections® program got a makeover towards the end of the year and we will continue to add businesses in our communities. We also have upgraded our SmartHub payment program and our website for easier and more secure transactions. Our service department has worked tirelessly on clearing rights-of-way, setting new poles, and upgrading equipment. We are continually striving to upgrade our services to bring you safe, reliable electric.