For those of you who are fans of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, you know Ned Stark’s famous warning that cold, dark days lie ahead. And while the Northeast isn’t exactly Winterfell, we’ve all started making preparations for the worst while hoping for the best. The question, however, is how many of us have considered the importance of communication in our planning processes?
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Energy New England, LLC (ENE), an energy cooperative of municipal electric utilities operating throughout New England, announced that Christian Scorzoni has been unanimously elected as a new member of the ENE Board of Directors.
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Rhode Island's congressional delegation is calling on federal regulators to improve the methods they use for projecting electricity capacity and setting energy prices across New England.
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NEPPA welcomes ECA Solar LLC as an associate member as of Wednesday, November 4, 2015!

Megger became an associate member of NEPPA on Thursday, November 5, 2015!

NEPPA welcomes back Phoenix Communications Inc. as an associate member as of Wednesday, November 11, 2015!
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This past September NEPPA mailed out the 2016 Education & Training Catalog and the 2016 Safety & Training registration forms. If you didn't receive them please let Colleen know!
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NEPPA held its Annual Membership Meeting on November 13, 2015 at the Chocksett Inn in Sterling, Mass. The meeting was well attended by members of the Northeast Public Power Association including utilities and affiliates from all over New England.
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The Water’s Edge Resort was the site of the latest edition of PUMP and by all accounts was a success. Thirteen students participated in our oldest and most unique program. This fall NEPPA featured the following topics in two and a half days:
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December 9 - 10, 2015
NEPPA Training Center
Littleton, Mass.
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On Thursday, October 29, 10 New York State lineworker fourth year apprentices received their certificates of completion from the Northeast Public Power Association and the Northwest Lineman's College at the Fairport, N.Y. training center.
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The House is poised to consider H.R. 8, the "North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act," the week of Nov. 30. H.R. 8 contains a number of provisions of interest to NEPPA, including providing the Department of Energy (DOE) with authority to instruct utilities to protect the grid in emergencies and improving the hydropower relicensing process.
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Gilbert J. Brown, a professor and director of the nuclear engineering program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, talks about local and nationwide nuclear power plants that have or will be closing soon and how it will affect our consumers, energy security, and the environment.
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