Tag: PPEC

Paulding Putnam Electric Members Donate Over $11,000

Members of Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op recently donated over $11,500 to several local organizations through the cooperative’s Operation Round Up. Operation Round Up is a program that allows members to round their monthly electric bill up to the next dollar. The extra pennies added to Operation Round Up are used to help fund local organizations…

Paulding Putnam Electric Board Approves 2018 Budget

The board of trustees of Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative (PPEC) approved the 2018 operating and capital budgets at their regular meeting held Nov. 15th, 2017. The budget shows total revenues of nearly $39 million and capital projects totally over $6.5 million. The management team worked hard to propose 2018 budget with expenses comparable to 2017.…

PPEC Launches the “Who Powers You” Contest….A Chance To Recognize Unsung Heroes!

In partnership with Touchstone Energy Cooperatives, we’re excited to announce the launch of the #WhoPowersYou contest. Because we know it’s more than just electricity that powers communities, we believe it’s important to recognize the people who power our co-op community. As a member of Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op (PPEC), you can play a major role…

Paulding Putnam Electric Holds Drive for Hurricane Victims

Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op (PPEC) is teaming up with Apostolic Christian Church of Junction, to help the recent victims of Hurricane Harvey and Irma. We’re calling the effort Project Hurricane Help. PPEC plans to hold a drive, on September 22nd from 3 pm to 7 pm at Paulding Putnam Electric’s headquarters located at 401 McDonald…

PPEC Donates More Funds To Honor Flight

Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op (PPEC) employees presented Honor Flight with another $10,000 check on April 26th. The fundraiser campaign wrapped up, months ago, but PPEC still had donations trickle in totaling $10,000. Those last funds were presented prior to another Honor Flight leaving for D.C. The grand total donation was $164,817.45. Dennis Covert, President of…

PPEC Celebrated National Lineman Appreciation Day

Paulding Putnam Electric Co-op (PPEC) celebrated National Lineman Appreciation Day on April 10, 2017. This was a day to honor the men who work hard at keeping the power on. These men battle the bitter cold and the blistering heat doing everything they can to provide reliable service to our members. Our linemen are some…

PPEC Introduces “Our Solar”

On the cold and windy Monday, January 30st, Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative CEO, George Carter, introduced the next generation of power of PPEC. Paulding County is becoming known as the clean energy producer of the state of Ohio with all of the wind towers that have been in production over the past 8 years. This…

New 3D Printer Demonstrated @ Antwerp Board Meeting

Antwerp Local School recently purchased a 3-D printer with funds from the 21st Century Learning grant. The printer will be used by the after-school tutoring program and by a variety of other classrooms in the district, including industrial arts/auto CAD. Upon returning from winter break, students and staff from elementary through high school watched in…

No Rate Increase for Paulding Putnam Electric in 2017

Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative (PPEC) is pleased to announce there will be no general rate increase in 2017.  This is the third year in a row, where members didn’t have to see an increase. “The PPEC trustees, and employees work hard to deliver electric power that is reliable, safe and cost-competitive with our neighboring utilities.…