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Electricity cost is highest when it’s most needed — less than one percent of the hours in a year. The maximum or “peak” amount of electricity used helps to determine Pioneer’s future costs of power.

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July 1, 2025

Empowering Communities Through Co-ops Vote

Electric cooperatives, like Pioneer, are rooted in the values of local engagement and member participation. The Co-ops Vote program, a nonpartisan initiative launched by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), continues that tradition by encouraging civic involvement and promoting awareness about the importance of voting. What is Co-ops Vote? Co-ops Vote is a grassroots campaign aimed at fostering civic engagement in rural and cooperative-served communities. The initiative helps cooperative members, employees, and boards understand how their participation in elections can directly impact the policies and decisions that affect your communities, especially in areas like infrastructure, energy, and rural development....

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June 30, 2025

Rural Roots: Pioneer Employees and Families Support Youth at 4-H and County Fairs

Pioneer employees and families support youth and the community through 4-H and local county fairs At Pioneer, our Commitment to Community goes far beyond providing reliable service — it’s about showing up, pitching in, and helping others. That same spirit of support and service is on full display each summer as Pioneer employees and their families give their time and talents at county fairs across Pioneer territory. Whether mentoring youth in the show ring, volunteering behind the scenes, or continuing family traditions rooted in agriculture and 4-H, they are helping keep their rural roots alive and passing along the tradition...

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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.

Our power went out at 4:40am May 3rd. I called and reported. The crew was here within a half hour. Fixed a part on our transformer and electricity was restored quickly! We appreciated the two gentleman that asked permission first… to drive through our yard. It was a damp/ rainy morning. Our electric came on… they were pulling out … total time from our call in… about 90 minutes! Great Job! Thank you for your service and professionalism!

Monti & Penny
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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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