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April 27, 2025

Not-for-Profit, Member-Owned: How Capital Credits Benefit You

As a member-owner of Pioneer Electric Cooperative, you enjoy many benefits—one of the most significant being the return of capital credits. Because we are a not-for-profit cooperative, we operate at cost. When our revenue exceeds our operating expenses, our board of directors—who are elected by you, the members—may choose to distribute, or retire, capital credits back to you based on each member’s electricity use. The board carefully determines when and how capital credits are refunded, always prioritizing the best interests of the membership. The co-op retains funds to reinvest in essential infrastructure, equipment, and system reliability, helping to keep service...

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April 10, 2025

OEC Leader Attends White House Event, President Signs Executive Orders to “Unleash American Energy”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives President and CEO Craig Grooms joined other electric cooperative leaders, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) CEO Jim Matheson, and dozens of coal miners for Tuesday’s White House event with President Trump as he signed four new executive orders supporting cooperatives’ promise to deliver reliable, affordable electricity. Each executive order aimed to remove barriers to: Reinvigorate America’s coal industry Lift EPA restrictions on coal plants Strengthen the reliability and security of the United States electric grid Protect American energy from state overreach The orders are part of President Trump’s promise to unleash American...

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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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Hear From Our Members

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 personally have never had issues with Pioneer and have used them for 6 years. I’m actually thankful for them after hearing the horror stories about AES and how long it takes power to be restored and their prices. Anytime our electric goes out, it is restored quickly. I think the longest we’ve been without power is maybe 3 hours. The pricing has gone up a little over the years but nothing significant to complain about.

Nicole Giles
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Power is back - Thanks for your always reliable, quick service!

John
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Thank you..we love Pioneer..you are a blessing

Greg
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Whenever I say that I love my electric company people either look at me like am crazy, or say, "You must have Pioneer."

Denise
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Thank you for always taking great care of your customers, stay safe!

Tammy
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Pioneer Electric Cooperative is great. So thankful that we rarely lose power, but when we do it’s fixed quickly

Jason
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Love Pioneer Electric! They are the BEST!!

Jackie
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I would like to show our appreciation for keeping our power on, on a day when 'everyone else' didn't have power. Thank you!

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

Jeff
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Cable, Ohio

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.

Pioneer Member
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