Completed in the fall of 2009, Fox Island Wind is the largest community wind-power facility on the East Coast of the United States. However, installing wind turbines on an island off the Maine coast has its own special problems, according to Charles (Chip) Farrington, general manager of the Fox Islands Electric Cooperative, Inc.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
by Patrick Hyland NEPPA has scheduled three programs designed specifically for utility business and finance professionals. Each of these programs have been designed to help NEPPA members remain current with developments in their fields, and to learn from their public power colleagues about how they deal with similar problems and challenges.
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AROUND NEW ENGLAND
 John McRae, former general line foreman of the Taunton Municipal Light Plant, died at his home on July 27 following a period of failing health. He was a fourth generation lineworker with 42 years of experience, 34 of which were spent at TMLP.
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The Challenge Rob Forde, Electric Operations Supervisor for Braintree Electric Light Department, was asked by upper management to investigate an Outage Management System that would tie into their existing GIS system. "I saw some marketing material from mPower that described how their browser-based mapping software, mPower Integrator, can easily link to multiple data bases and systems, so I decided to attend one of their webcasts."
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ASSOCIATION HAPPENINGS
 2010 Annual Conference
The Renaissance Providence Hotel
Providence, Rhode Island
August 15 - 18
There's still time to register. Click here for details.
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Noble Americas Gas & Power of Four Stamford Plaza, 107 Elm St., Stamford, Conn., has joined NEPPA as a corporate member. Dana Volpe, Vice President may be reached at (203) 326-3570. Noble Americas is a wholesale electricity supply and purchase firm, as well as a trading and marketing company.
Macquarie Energy has joined NEPPA as an associate member. Roberta Konicki is our main contact and she can be reached at (713) 275-6278. Macquarie Energy is a wholesale trading and marketer focusing in the Northeast markets.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
- President Signs Comprehensive Financial Reform Overhaul - Senate to Consider Scaled Back Energy Bill; Reid Punts on "Cap and Trade" and Renewable Energy Standard - vu All Over Again: Dueling Transmission Letters - Ways and Means Chairman Levin Releases Energy Jobs Bill; Includes $3.5 Billion in CREBs - McDermott, Cantwell, and Matsui Ready Incentives Bills for Public Power - Markey Introduces New Version of Electricity Consumer Right to Know Act - Coops' "Rural Energy Savings Program" is Reported out of Committee - EPA Releases Re-Proposed CAIR
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THE LEARNING CORNER
 By Rockie Blunt, director of training and education Everyone knows that we use our brain to think, but how many of us know that different parts of our brain control different ways of thinking?
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