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Co-op-aided lighting upgrade brightens district’s schools North Central Electric Cooperative (NCE) Energy Services Advisor Andrew Finton helped New Washington’s Buckeye Central Local School District upgrade its lighting to moreefficient LED technology. Lighting installations have been made in stages over the last three years, allowing Buckeye Central to reduce its lighting wattage and energy costs. Next, Buckeye Central plans to upgrade lighting in the vocational agriculture and industrial arts areas, plus the bus garage. Eventually, the school district aims to reach 100 percent LED use in all buildings. NCE and the school district took advantage of a statewide rebate program available through Buckeye Power, NCE’s wholesale power supplier. Up to $15,000 per facility in rebates is available to commercial and industrial members who upgrade their lighting.
Troy employees receive electrical safety training from Pioneer EC Nearly two dozen City of Troy employees attended a safety demonstration and training at Pioneer Electric Cooperative earlier this year. The training explained the danger of electrical lines that come in contact with anything from equipment and vehicles to clothing and vegetation. Pioneer Operations Supervisor and Assistant Safety Manager Steve McClay shared stories of electrical contacts and the dangers of exiting vehicles that have downed lines on them. The number of broken poles due to vehicle accidents in 2017 was at an all-time high on Pioneer lines.
PPEC awards grant to boost local economy Monroeville recently received a $14,400 grant from Buckeye Power and Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative, whose northwest Ohio territory stretches into portions of northeast Indiana. The money will allow the east Allen County community to develop 42 acres located next to the American Mitsuba plant and obtain an environmental survey to assist in site certification and marketability. Due to the site’s highway access, employees could be drawn from both Indiana and Ohio, an attractive factor to potential buyers.
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