2022 Highlights and Happenings at The Frontier Power Company

• Scholarship winners were 1st Places Sarah Garretson, Newcomerstown High School and Rader Eastep, West Holmes High School, 2nd Places Allison Mizer, River View High School and Gage Summers, River View High School.  Sarah Garretson also was honorable mention at the statewide competition earning an additional $1500 in scholarships.

• Kaden Arnold of River View High School was awarded the Youth Tour trip to Washington, DC

• Hired new employees Brian Rahn and Zachary Myers in our right-of-way department.

• Hired new employee Ashley Martin as an accounting representative

• Jason Prater was hired as summer help completed various jobs for the propane department.  

• Ken Hunter, Line Superintendent, graduated from the Leadership Edge program.

• Hosted Customer Appreciation Day on May 20 at the Frontier Power facility with approximately 450 people in attendance.

• Hosted our Annual Meeting at the Frontier Power facility on July 29 with nearly 650 members and guests in attendance. All members in attendance received a $10 bill credit and one member’s name was drawn for a $100 bill credit and 10 members’ names were drawn for a $25 bill credit.

• Board members were elected by mail and announced at the Annual Meeting. The Frontier Power winners were District A, Coshocton County – Kurt Ellis; District C, Tuscarawas County – David P. Mizer; District D, Coshocton County, Jerry Olinger. The Frontier Propane winners were District A, Coshocton, Licking, and Muskingum Counties, Jim Buhler; District B, Holmes, Tuscarawas, Guernsey, and Knox Counties, Ryan Medley.  

• Steven K. Nelson, General Manager, was re-elected as chairman of Buckeye Power, Inc. Board of Trustees for his 27th term.

• Sent Linemen JR McCoy and Bill Mizer to help Rappahannock Electric Cooperative in Virginia January 4-12.

• Sent Linemen Scott Dunn, Blake McKee, Josh Haumschild and Corey Miller to help Guernsey Muskingum Cooperative in New Concord February 4-6

• Sent Linemen Bill Mizer and Blake McKee to help Washington Electric Cooperative in Marietta February 18.

• 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 $49,225 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 $18,639.00.

• Returned $299,903.29 in general retirement capital credits to current and former members and $249,693.88 was paid to estates.

• Service progress included over 120 new connections, 58 individual upgrades, 98 pole changes and over 15 new security lights installed.

• Replaced and rebuilt approximately 27 miles of line.

• Sponsored the 41st 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 2022 was status quo for Frontier Power, we were active in many ways. We were happy to help three of our sister cooperatives with they were in need early in the year. For the first time, we had both our Customer Appreciation Day and Annual Meeting at our home facility. Both events were well organized and attended fairly well considering the change in venue. We are very pleased you, the members, participate in the Frontier Power Community Connection Fund. By rounding up your bill, donations of over $18,000 were made in the community. Completion of over 27 miles of line rebuilt or replaced was a huge goal we are glad to accomplish. We strive to maintain excellent customer service and plan to continue improving our service and reliability with technological advances.