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March 17, 2023

Coffee on the Co-op

Thanks to all those who came out to our Coffee on the Co-op event at the Piqua office today. We enjoyed hearing your feedback, sharing information with you and of course the opportunity to meet many of you. Special congratulations to our bill credit winner, Annette Purkey! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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March 16, 2023

A Deep-Rooted Family Tradition

With family history deep-rooted in horticulture, Pioneer member Mark Guenthner, owner of Blue Acre Gardens, has continued a 140-year family tradition of bringing plants to local customers. Blue Acre Gardens, located on Bulle Road in Piqua, specializes in perennials, bedding plants, vegetables, and herbs, selling nearly 25,000 plants annually. “I was born into it,” says Mark. The Guenthner family tradition started in the 1880s, when Martin and Rosina Guenthner operated The Garden, where they grew vegetables and flowers in their first greenhouses. It was located next to the cemetery in Piqua, Ohio. Back then, greenhouses often were near cemeteries so...

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March 16, 2023

Do Pets Increase Your Electric Bill?

I think pets are great. It is always a pleasure meeting your four-legged companion when I am at your home (as long they do not want to have me for lunch). I am a dog lover at heart. In some cases, pets are more than just animals that greet people at the front door or roam the backyard. They are sometimes in family pictures, dressed up in designer clothing, covered under insurance policies, and even included in their owner’s will. But, have you ever wondered how they play a part on your electric bill? That all comes down to how...

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We Are Powering Your Communities

Pioneer Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., is a not-for-profit, consumer-owned electric distribution utility headquartered in Piqua, Ohio. We also have a district facility in Urbana, Ohio, providing quicker response times during outage situations and continued operations in case of a disaster.


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Everything we do revolves around you – our community. Pioneer brings the focus to our local communities and our neighbors. That is the cooperative difference.

I have always had faith in Pioneer over the past 40 years, but we just keep getting better.

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Cable, Ohio

Very happy with the system improvements to report outages and receive updates via text.

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Outage Texting Program

I am very happy with the service. Outages are almost non-existent. If there is an outage, it usually only lasts a matter of minutes. That is very important during inclement weather.

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We like Pioneer Electric. We’ve had them since we’ve been in Ohio. I think they are great. They’ve always been courteous, and everyone is very nice.

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