 Meet Mark Barakian, general manager of the Boylston Municipal Light Department. He recently replaced former manager Gary Harrington who retired in January. "There is a small town feel to Boylston Light. All of the employees grew up and live in town or neighboring towns."
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
 by Pat HylandOn June 15 and 16 in Pascoag, Rhode Island, the annual NEPPA Apprentice Lineworker Skills Assessment Rodeo will take place, bringing together more than 60 lineworker apprentices to show us what they have learned about the hard work of climbing poles, changing out transformers and rescuing fellow lineworkers who may be injured while high in the air. This event is an important part of the Apprentice Lineworker school...
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AROUND NEW ENGLAND
The Pascoag Utility District, together with its energy advisor Energy New England, has successfully executed its 2012-2014 power supply strategy as approved by the Board of Utility Commissioners. The strategy included a beneficial sourcing of the Standard Offer Service component of its rates for the years 2012 through 2014.
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More than 200 people turned out for the Jim Young and Family Benefit Golf Tournament and Dinner on May 23, hosted by the Georgetown Municipal Light Department at the Black Swan Country Club in Georgetown, Massachusetts. The tournament, dinner and associated fund-raising activities were held to benefit Georgetown lineworker Jim Young and his family, following his accident in the fall of 2010.
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ASSOCIATION HAPPENINGS
NEPPA recently welcomed two new members to its Board of Directors: Michael Kirkwood of the Pascoag Utility District and Jonathan Elwell of the Village of Enosburg Falls Water & Light Departments.
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Entergy Wholesale Commodities (EWC) markets the energy and capacity associated with roughly 5,000 MWs of highly reliable base load nuclear generation from six plants located in the northern United States. Energy and capacity are sold in wholesale markets to load-serving entities, municipal power supply agencies, state power authorities, co-ops and power marketing and trading firms. EWC offers flexible size, shape and tenor to meet its customers’ needs. EWC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Entergy Corp., a Fortune 500 company with over $12 billion in market capitalization.
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CALENDAR
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June 8-9, 2011
Operations Conference and Expo
Courtyard by Marriott
Fitchburg, Mass.
August 21-24, 2011
Annual Conference
Samoset Resort
Rockland, Maine
September 22, 2011
Customer Service Conference
Concord's Colonial Inn
Concord, Mass.
September 15, October 6, October 27, 2011
Power Systems Review
The Chocksett Inn
Sterlilng, Mass. |
October 5, 2011
Work Zone Safety
The Chocksett Inn
Sterlilng, Mass.
October 14, 2011
Customer Bankruptcies
Braintree Electric Light Department
Braintree, Mass.
November 16-17, 2011
OSHA 1910.269 Review
8 a.m.-3 p.m.
The Chocksett Inn
Sterling, Mass.
November 16-18, 2011
Public Utility Management Program
Cranwell Conference Center
Lenox, Mass. |
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EDUCATION & TRAINING UPDATE
We invite all public power officials involved in billing, collections and customer service to join us for a workshop on customer bankruptcies which will provide an in-depth review of the laws governing bankruptcy proceedings and the options available to public utilities in the event of customer bankruptcies. For more information, click here.
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THE LEARNING CORNER
 by Rockie Blunt, Director of Educational ServicesDo organizations learn? The answer to that is a long and complex discussion, but the quick answer is yes. In fact, there is a term for it: "The Learning Organization."
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