NEPPA Welcomes New Affiliate Members

Elster c/o Primary Lines Inc. became an Associate Member of NEPPA on Jan. 11, 2013. The company is located at P.O. Box 86 in Dedham, MA 02026. They may also be reached at 781.775.6307. The primary contact is David Brooks, Sales Director, and he may be reached at david.brooks@us.elster.com. Elster provides intelligent metering and communication solutions engineered for electricity, gas and water utilities in the traditional and Smart Grid markets. Their manufacturer's representative for the Northeast public power utility market is Primary Lines, Inc. The company is located at 5169 Briarwood Drive in Macungie, PA 18062. The contact is John Young and he may be reached at 610.751.6307.

ONLINE Utility Exchange became an Associate Member on Jan. 18, 2013. Their office is located at P.O. Box 1489 in Winterville, NC 28590. The primary contact is Scott Munn and he may be reached at 866.630.6400, by fax at 800.838.9830 or by email at smunn@onlineis.com. The billing contact person is Mike Gibson, who may be reached at michael@onlineis.com. ONLINE provides a unique applicant screening tool that has successfully reduced or eliminated bad debt for more than 1,000 utilities nationwide.

Convergent Energy + Power became an Associate Member of NEPPA on Jan. 31, 2013. Their company is located at 1065 Avenue of the Americas, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10018. The primary contact is Johannes Rittershausen and he may be reached at 212.849.4895 or by email at jrittershausen@convergentEP.com or info@convergentEP.com. Convergent Energy + Power provides capital solutions for infrastructure constraints using targeted energy storage assets that reduce on-peak load and create additional benefits for utilities or end users. You can go to www.convergentEP.com for more information or you may email the following people if you have any questions: Frank Genova: fgenova@convergentEP.com; Chris Streeter: cstreeter@convergentEP.com; Jim Tarpey: jtarpey@convergentEP.com; Artie Kressner: akressner@convergentEP.com.

Burlington Safety Lab, Inc. became an Associate Member on Jan. 15, 2013. The company is located at 2009 Rt. 130 N. in Burlington, NJ 08016. Peter Senin is the main contact and he may be reached by phone at 800.220.2120, by fax at 609.387.3406 or by email at psenin@burlingtonsafety.com. If you need to reach the billing department, you may contact Thad J. Papciak at tpapciak@burlingtonsafety.com. Burlington Safety Lab is a NAIL certified test lab for rubber goods, line hose, hot sticks and grounding cable assemblies. They are a distributor for Salisbury, Steel Grip, Oberon and CESG/Novax. They also assemble/test custom grounding cables to customers’ requirements.