{"id":170989,"date":"2023-10-04T03:47:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=170989"},"modified":"2023-10-04T03:48:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:48:05","slug":"elected-officials-converge-in-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/10\/04\/elected-officials-converge-in-convoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Elected officials converge in Convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONVOY — Elected officials learned about power reliability concerns and saw the Robert P. Mone Generating Station in Convoy on a recent tour with Ohio\u2019s Electric Cooperatives and Buckeye Power. Buckeye Power is Ohio\u2019s generation and transmission cooperative, providing power to 400,000 homes and businesses served by 24 Ohio-based electric cooperatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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State Representatives Roy Klopfenstein (far left) and Angie King learn more about the Robert P. Mone Generating Station in Convoy. Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Legislators present on the tour included Rep. Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland), Rep. Angela King (R-Celina), Rep. Tim Barhorst (R-Fort Loramie), Senator Rob McColley (R-Napoleon), and Nicole Giesige, District Representative for Congressman Latta. CEOs, board members, and other guests from area electric cooperatives \u2013 Paulding-Putnam, Midwest Electric, Tri-County REC, Logan County Electric, and Hancock-Wood Electric \u2013 also joined the tour, as each receives electricity from the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Van Wert County Mone facility is a 510-megawatt natural gas peaking plant operated by Buckeye Power, serving as a vital electricity generation asset in maintaining reliable electric service to Ohio\u2019s electric cooperatives during the highest periods of demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plant is considered a \u201cpeaking\u201d facility because it is utilized during peak times of demand \u2013 like on extremely hot summer or extremely cold winter days \u2013 to keep up with power needs. The plant\u2019s three gas-fired General Electric turbine engines can be up and running in less than 30 minutes, powering up more than 400,000 homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tour groups were able to step inside the generation houses and see up close the technology that is used to stabilize the local grid during times of high energy usage. Attendees learned that the availability of consistent baseload power from fossil fuel power plants is crucial for maintaining a stable energy supply to the local communities co-ops serve. Renewable sources like wind and solar are intermittent and weather-dependent, though still utilized by Buckeye Power as part of their \u201call of the above\u201d energy approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Plant members shared research on energy storage solutions but cited many limitations and cost prohibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This plant is just one generation resource in Buckeye Power\u2019s portfolio, outfitted with best-in-class environmental controls. Included in the portfolio are also coal, solar, hydropower, biomass, and other renewable energy generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of electric cooperatives with questions about where their power comes from can contact their local co-op office for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent staff\/submitted information CONVOY — Elected officials learned about power reliability concerns and saw the Robert P. Mone Generating Station in Convoy on a recent tour with Ohio\u2019s Electric Cooperatives and Buckeye Power. Buckeye Power is Ohio\u2019s generation and transmission cooperative, providing power to 400,000 homes and businesses served by 24 Ohio-based electric cooperatives. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-15 10:49:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171013,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170989\/revisions\/171013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}