Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better

It's been a while!  We've missed you, but we are back and ready to get behind the mic again.  We have a lot to discuss. In episode 1 of Season 3 we provide a short recap of SwiftCurrent Connect, discuss rates and the forecast for energy rates.  Don't forget to join us at the fair August 11 - 14,2022!

Join us as we interview Will Tuchtenhagen who joined our staff for the 2nd summer as an intern. Will is entering his junior year at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and recently won a $10,000 NRECA scholarship. 

Join us for this episode recorded on July 14th when PPCS launched its new subsidiary SwiftCurrent Connect.  This episode will dive into the drivers for bringing fiber access to the PPCS members.  

PPCS Director Brian Berg takes us on a tour of his EV test drives.  Consider this the Car and Driver episode of our podcast as Brian provides valuable insight into his experience test driving a number of electric vehicles.

Join us for our 2nd episode this week and our second retirement this week as Rick Sweig, Operations Administrator departs after 31 years of service to the members of PPCS. 

After a 20 year career at PPCS, Brent Metcalf took a few minutes to say goodbye to the co-op and reflect upon his many years of service.  

Ann Young joins us on our Live Better podcast to discuss her experience as a director representing District 5. We talk renewables, electric vehicles and how her professional experience has helped provide insight for the co-op. 

As part of our 2021 podcasts we will sit down with members of our PPCS team to discuss their areas and get a behind the scenes look at job duties that help keep the lights on. Our first of 2021 is Sheldon who is a member of our line crew but focuses on our metering program.  

In 2021, we will take the opportunity to visit with the PPCS Board of Directors. In this episode, board chair Roger Wiff sits down with us to discuss his involvement with PPCS, the impact of being a director and role technology plays in the cooperative.

Happy New Year!  We kick off Season 2 of our Live Better Podcast with a preview of what's to come in 2021.  We are so excited to be continuing on with our 2nd season of episodes.  In this episode we discuss some of the new things we will be doing as we add to our Podcast.