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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
by Patrick Hyland
As I write this column, the prospects for Congressional approval of an increase in the national debt ceiling appear dim at best. Our elected representatives are locked in a death struggle, with neither side willing to compromise on what they believe to be the core principles of their political beliefs.
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AROUND NEW ENGLAND
Pete Dion, General Manager of the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (WMGLD), was recently re-elected to his third one-year term as President of the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC), a nonprofit, public corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


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Green Island Power Authority is going to be accepting bids for a 2002 F750 Terex-Telelect, Hi-Ranger 5TC55 non-over center aerial device Bucket Truck in August.
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CALENDAR

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 and October 27, 2011
Power Systems Review
The Chocksett Inn
Sterling, Mass.

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

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

November 16-17, 2011
OSHA 1910.269 Review
The Chocksett Inn
Sterling, Mass.

November 16-18, 2011
Public Utility Management Program
Cranwell Conference Center
Lenox, Mass.

 

 

 
EDUCATION & TRAINING UPDATE
On October 20, NEPPA will offer a new training program to its members on the subject of "Electric Utility Basics." The program will provide an overview of the electric utility industry in New England, along with the functions and operations of consumer-owned utilities. This new program was developed in response to member requests for an introduction to the electric utility industry for newly-hired employees, newly elected board members and other local officials who wish to better understand the structure and operations of public power utilities.
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A new professional development program for public power employees
Coaching is a series of one-on-one meetings between an employee and a coach for the purpose of helping the individual improve his or her job performance. The process begins when a supervisor in a utility identifies a productive employee who has even more potential to be uncovered and when the employee is willing to undertake specific steps to realize that potential.
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