September 27, 2024|
PCS celebrates Clean Energy Week with visit from Governor Evers
Ellsworth, WI –As part of National Clean Energy Week, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers stopped in Hager City on Monday, September 23, to visit Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services' (PPCS) new solar array, Trenton Solar at Truttmann Field. The 2-megawatt array can produce enough electricity to power 525 homes. Using 12 acres of land, the array includes more than 4,000 bifacial panels, each 550 watts, that operate with an axis tracking system to follow the sun and maximize generation. Read more...
September 19, 2024
Trenton Solar at Truttmann Field Solar Array Dedicated in Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Ellsworth, WI –Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) celebrated a significant milestone in renewable energy on Thursday, September 19, with the dedication of the Trenton Solar at Truttmann Field solar array. The ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official launch of this innovative project, developed in partnership with the National Association of State Energy Officials, the Office of Energy Innovation through the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC), and WEST CAP. Read more...
August 30, 2024
PPCS Wins Statewide Magazine Award
Madison, WI –Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services recently won an award of excellence for presentation of local news in the Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News, the voice of the state’s rural electric cooperatives. Read more...
August 15, 2024
PPCS Recognized as Tree Line USA Utility for 20th Consecutive Year
Ellsworth, WI –Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) is proud to announce that the Arbor Day Foundation has recognized it as a Tree Line USA Utility for the 20th consecutive year. This prestigious designation highlights PPCS’s unwavering commitment to proper forest management in its service area. Read more...
July 26, 2024
Local Non-Profits Receive Pierce Pepin Cares Grants
Ellsworth, WI –Three local non-profits received third-quarter grants from Pierce Pepin Cares, the charitable foundation of Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS). Read more...
July 26, 2024
Local Non-Profits Receive Pierce Pepin Cares Grants
Ellsworth, WI –Three local non-profits received third-quarter grants from Pierce Pepin Cares, the charitable foundation of Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS). Read more...
July 1, 2024
Pierce Pepin Cooperative services Welcomes New Data Center
Ellsworth, WI –Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) welcomed its newest commercial/industrial member, The Metered, LLC, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 24. Read more...
May 17, 2024
Pierce Pepin Cares Awards Grants to Local Non-Profits
Ellsworth, WI –Second quarter grants were recently awarded by Pierce Pepin Cares, the charitable foundation of Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS), to six local non-profits. The Pierce Pepin Cares board approved a total of $3,000 in grants, split evenly, to the Durand Fire Relief Association, Healing Play, Inc., The Luke 3:11 Project, Pierce County Historical Association, the Prescott Fire Department, and the River Bluff Humane Society. Read more...
May 1, 2024
PPCS Observerves Earth/Arbor Days with Acts of Service and Stewarship
Ellsworth, WI –Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS), a steadfast advocate for community well-being, celebrated Earth and Arbor Days by engaging in meaningful acts of service. As part of its commitment to community, the cooperative is dedicated to environmental stewardship and making a positive impact on local ecosystems. Read more ...
April 19, 2024
Industry Veteran Joins Pierce Pepin Cooperatives Services as CFO
Ellsworth, WI –Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) announces Becky Bradburn as its next Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Bradburn is an industry veteran with a wealth of knowledge and experience working in the electric cooperative industry. Bradburn joined PPCS after recently working at Bandera Electric Cooperative just outside San Antonio, Texas, where she held a similar role. Before Bandera, Bradburn was General Manager at Franklin Rural Electric Cooperative from 2016 to 2020 in Hampton, Iowa, and Executive Vice President and General Manager at Prairie Energy Cooperative in Clarion, Iowa, from 2014 to 2017. Read more ...
February 6, 2024
Pierce Pepin Cares Awards Grants to Local Non-Profits
Ellsworth, WI –First quarter grants were recently awarded by Pierce Pepin Cares, the charitable foundation of Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS), to four local non-profits. The Pierce Pepin Cares board approved a total of $3,800 in grants to the Ellsworth High School, Basics for Local Kids, the Assistance and Resource Center (ARC), and the Salvation Army. Pierce Pepin Cares is funded by PPCS members who generously round up their monthly energy bills to the nearest dollar through Operation Round Up®, as well as direct donations. Read more ...
January 12, 2024
Care for Community: Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Lobbies for State Support of Reading Program
Madison, WI –On January 10, Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) Communications Coordinator Liz Gunderson traveled to Madison to testify before the Assembly Committee on Children and Families in support of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program. Assembly Bill 741 requires the Department of Children and Families to establish a grant program to reimburse nonprofit organizations for 50% of the cost of providing books (up to $10,000 total) to young children in partnership with "a national reading program." Read more ...
December 29, 2023
SwiftCurrent Connect Celebrates 3000th Customer
Ellsworth, WI –SwiftCurrent Connect, the broadband subsidiary of Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services
(PPCS), connected its 3,000th broadband customer on December 28, 2023. SwiftCurrent Connect provides western Wisconsin residents with high-speed, reliable fiber-based internet service. Read more ...
December 15, 2023
Wilsons receive the Live Better Community Service Award
Ellsworth, WI –Mike and Deb Wilson have been named the Live Better Community Service Award recipients for the fourth quarter of 2023. Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services presented the award to the Wilsons on December 13. They received the award and a $100 MasterCard® gift card for their generous work with the Funsters of Ellsworth. Read more ...
December 12, 2023
Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services spreads holiday cheer by supporting gift box program
Ellsworth, WI –For the fourteenth year in a row, Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) employees have embraced the spirit of giving during the holiday season by adopting a family through the Ellsworth Gift Box Program. Read more ...
November 10, 2023
Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services members help stock food shelves and more
Ellsworth, WI –Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) members helped stock Pierce and Pepin County food shelves through the co-op’s charitable foundation, Pierce Pepin Cares. At their October meeting, the Pierce Pepin Cares board awarded $17,600 in grants to eight food pantries; each received $2,200—Pierce County Food Pantry, Elmwood Food Pantry, Plum City Food Pantry, Prescott Area Food Shelf, River Falls Food Pantry, Spring Valley Community Food Pantry, Pepin County Food Pantry, and Pepin-Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran-Food Pantry. Read more ...
November 10, 2023
Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services receives N.F. Leifer Memorial Journalism Award
Ellsworth, WI –An independent judge has selected Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) as the recipient of the 2023 N.F. Leifer Memorial Journalism Award, bestowed upon the co-op adjudged to have had the strongest overall local pages in the Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News over the previous 12 months. Liz Gunderson, PPCS communications coordinator, is the editor of the co-op's local pages. Read more ...
October 16, 2023
Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services focuses on acts of service during National Co-op Month
Ellsworth, WI –Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) has been celebrating National Co-op Month this October with acts of service. Concern for community is one of the seven core cooperative principles, and PPCS staff felt there was no better way to demonstrate that principle than through acts of service for the community. Read more ...
September 15, 2023
PPCS celebrates all things electric with Powered by Electricity free community event
Ellsworth, WI –Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS), is teaming up with St.Croix Electric Co-Op, the Office of Sustainability at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and nonprofit Hope for Creation to host the third annual Powered by Electricity event on Saturday, Sept. 23, for Western Wisconsin residents. Read more ...
August 21, 2023
Live Better Community Service Award Presented to Kristin Pronschinske
Ellsworth, WI –Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services is pleased to announce Kristin Pronschinske has been named the Live Better Community Service Award winner for the third quarter of 2023. Pronschinske received the award and a $100 MasterCard® gift card on August 21 for her generous work as a board member and Basics for Local Kids volunteer. Read more ...
August 14, 2023
Pierce Pepin Cares Awards Third Quarter Grants
Ellsworth, WI – Pierce Pepin Cares, the charitable foundation of Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS), recently awarded third-quarter grants to four nonprofits. Read more ...
June 19, 2023
PPCS Announces Electrical Safety Poster Contest Winners
Ellsworth, WI – As part of National Electrical Safety Month, Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) and the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association (WECA) teamed up in May to host an electrical safety poster contest that was open to all third graders in Pierce and Pepin Counties. Read more ...
May 24, 2023
Pierce Pepin Cares Awards Second Quarter Grants
Ellsworth, WI – Pierce Pepin Cares, the charitable foundation of Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS), recently awarded second-quarter grants to five nonprofits. The Pierce Pepin Cares board approved a $500 grant for the Cooperative Family Fund, a $719 grant for the Foundation for Rural Housing, a $1,000 grant for the Ellsworth E3 Community Development Corporation, a $1,500 grant for the Durand Fire Relief Association, and a $2,000 grant for Healing Play, Incorporated. Read more ...
May 17, 2023
Arbor Day Foundation Awards Recognition to Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services as 2023 Tree Line USA Utility
Lincoln, NE – Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) was named a 2023 Tree Line USA by the Arbor Day Foundation to recognize its dedication to proper forest management in its service area. PPCS has maintained this designation since 2005. Read more ...
May 2, 2023
Pierce Pepin marks Arbor Day with tree donations to area students
Ellsworth, WI – To celebrate Arbor Day, April 28, Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services delivered 480 white pine tree seedlings to fourth-grade students within the Durand, Ellsworth, Elmwood, Pepin, Plum City, Prescott, and Spring Valley school districts throughout the week. Read more ...
April 29, 2023
Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Hosts EV Safety Training for First Responders
Ellsworth, WI – Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) welcomed over 130 first responders from Pierce and Pepin Counties for electric vehicle (EV) safety training on April 17 and 24. Read more ...
March 22, 2023
Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Welcomes National Speaker to 86th Annual Meeting
Ellsworth, WI – Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) will host its 86th Annual Meeting on Thursday, March 30, at the Ellsworth High School Cafetorium. In addition to director elections, voting on a bylaw amendment, and prize drawings, the meeting will also feature nationally recognized speaker Bill LeBlanc of LeBlanc Energy Innovation, and the Wisconsin Veterans’ Museum traveling exhibit “Fur, Feathers, and Fidelity: Military Mascots”. The exhibit celebrates the role animals have played as a source of pride and morale for troops dating back to the Civil War. Read more ...
March 21, 2023
Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Launches Community Solar Project
Ellsworth, WI – Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS) is excited to announce the addition of a 2-megawatt solar array that will come online later this year. PPCS, along with eight other Wisconsin electric cooperatives, has been working with OneEnergy Renewable of Madison, Wisconsin to develop 12 utility-scale solar arrays across the State. Over the next two years, the group will add 22 megawatts of new solar generation, enough to power 4,000 homes. The PPCS project will be located along Highway 35 and County Road K on property that was owned by Tim and Christine Truttman. Read more ...
February 10, 2023
Pierce Pepin Cares Awards First Quarter Grants
Ellsworth, WI – Pierce Pepin Cares, the charitable foundation of Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services (PPCS), recently awarded first-quarter grants to four local non-profits. The Pierce Pepin Cares board approved $1,500 grants to the Ellsworth Gift Box Program, Basics for Local Kids, the Assistance and Resource Center (ARC), and the Free Clinic of Pierce and St. Croix Counties. Read more ...
January 26, 2023
Manore and Moesch Complete Apprenticeships, Earn Journey Status
Ellsworth, WI Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services employees, Austin Manore and Isaiah Moesch, recently graduated from a four-year indentured lineworker apprentice program offered through Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire and Northwest Technical College in Green Bay, respectively. Manore joined the cooperative May 1, 2018, and Moesch joined the cooperative April 25, 2022. Read more ...