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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
by Pat Hyland
In late March, 17 public power officials drove out the Mass Pike to beautiful Lenox, Massachusetts. They were heading to the famous Cranwell Conference Center to attend NEPPA’s annual Public Utility Management Program, an executive development program now in its 18th year of service to the New England public power community.
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AROUND NEW ENGLAND
The Georgetown (Mass.) Municipal Light Department will sponsor the Jim Young & Family Benefit Golf Tournament on Monday, May 23, 2011 at the Black Swan Country Club in Georgetown. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Georgetown Municipal Light Department lineworker who was severely injured in an electrical accident on September 26, 2010.
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SourceOne, a leading energy advisory firm, has recently joined the Northeast Public Power Association (NEPPA) as a corporate member. A subsidiary of Veolia Energy North America, SourceOne is a nationally recognized energy management and strategic advisory services company.
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ASSOCIATION HAPPENINGS
More than 40 public power officials from throughout New England had a crash course in the operation of wholesale power markets in early April, courtesy of the NEPPA Regional Power Supply Committee. The course was a one-day workshop on the operation of wholesale markets in New England and was presented by power supply managers from several NEPPA member utilities with direct experience in power market operations.
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"Technology and Customer Service in the Twenty-First Century" is the theme of NEPPA's Annual Customer Service Conference planned for September 22, 2011 in historic Concord, Mass.
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CALENDAR

June 8 – 9, 2011
Operations Conference and Expo
Courtyard by Marriott
Fitchburg, Mass.

August 21 – 24, 2011
Annual Conference
Samoset Resort
Rockland, Maine

Thursday, September 22, 2011
Customer Service Conference
Concord’s Colonial Inn
Concord, Mass. 

 		 September 15, October, 27, 2011
Power Systems Training 2011
The Chocksett Inn
Sterling, Mass.

October 5, 2011
Work Zone Safety
The Chocksett Inn
Sterlilng, Mass.

October 14, 2011
Customer Bankruptcies
Braintree Electric Light Department
Braintree, Mass.

November 16 – 18, 2011
Public Utility Management Program
Cranwell Conference Center
Lenox, Mass.
 
EDUCATION & TRAINING UPDATE
The Northeast Public Power Association would like to invite all general managers, general foremen and supervisors to attend the annual Apprentice Lineworker Skills Assessment Rodeo to be held (rain or shine) on June 15th and 16th at NEPPA's field training facility, located on Silver Lake Avenue in Pascoag, RI.


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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

To see the May report click here. Information is current as of May 1.

 

 
THE LEARNING CORNER
By Rockie Blunt
Think back to the last time you learned a new skill. Did you get it right away, or did you struggle, only gradually coming to understand what you were doing? And how long did it take before you felt totally comfortable doing it? Chances are, it didn’t happen overnight.
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