2022 Summer Conference Presentations

August 9 Presentations

8:00 a.m. Chairman’s Welcome, Invocation and Pledge | Dr. John Saxton, Chairman, »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc.

Buckeye Power Doubles Size of OurSolar Project

OurSolar Expansion
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OurSolar Expansion

Buckeye Power has more than doubled the size of its OurSolar project with the installation of nearly 8,000 new panels in a solar array near Findlay, »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ.

U.S. Supreme Court limits EPA authority on power plants

U.S. Supreme Court

On June 30, the U.S.

Pioneer Electric Hosts First Energy Camp

Campers learning from OEC's Ben Wilson
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Campers at the Robert P. Mone Plant
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Campers learning about the controls at a power plant

Pioneer Electric Cooperative hosted an experimental Energy Camp in June. This free, week-long day camp for students grades 4-6 was a first for the Cooperative.

Group of 38 »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ Students Attend 2022 Youth Tour

Delegates at the U.S. Capitol Building
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Delegates touring the Battlefield at Gettysburg
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Delegates touring the U.S. Capitol Building
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Delegates meeting with elected officials

After two years off, NRECA’s Youth Tour was back in 2022 and »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ co-ops sponsored 38 high school students to attend.

OEC Hosts Co-ops and Policymakers at COLT

Full group of attendees at the 2022 COLT Day
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Attendees at the 2022 COLT Day learning from Kyle Hoffman, COLT Manager
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Rep. McClain learning to pull a transformer up a pole
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North Central Electric General Manager Ed VanHoose talking with Rep. Stein during a pole setting demonstration at COLT

On June 9, legislators and leaders from »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ’s electric cooperatives gathered at the Central »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ Lineworker Training (COLT) facility in Mount Gilead to learn about COLT’s state-of-the-art programming.

Severe Storms Cause Widespread Outages in »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ Electric Co-op Territories

Downed tree in Consolidated Cooperative territory
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Downed power line in Midwest Electric territory
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Downed tree in South Central Power territory
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Downed tree in South Central Power territory
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Downed tree in Consolidated Cooperative territory

Severe storms that occurred late on Monday, June 13, and into the early hours of Tuesday, June 14, have caused widespread outages across »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ, including the territories of 22 of the state's 25 electric cooperatives.

URE Annual Meeting of Members Summary