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We are pleased to announced that for the first time NEPPA will have an app available for download that will keep you up to date on all Annual Conference speakers, events and activities!
Please keep an eye out for more information to be released in a few weeks.
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For this year's Annual Conference, don't forget to tweet @NEPPA_Littleton with the hastag #NEPPA50thAC
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On June 3-4, NEPPA hosted its annual E & O Conference at the Doubletree in Danvers, Mass. This is the first time the event was held at the north shore venue and the location proved a good fit for participants from all over New England.
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A big thank you to all the affiliates and sponsors who helped make this years E&O a great success! To see the complete list, please click below
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This year at the E&O Conference & Expo 2015 we had some great raffle prizes! Raffle prizes included:
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
 I would be remiss if I did not apologize for my absence from the e-newsletter for the past two issues. As the Interim Director, I have been attempting to ramp up on the issues important to our members and our industry in general, and have missed the opportunity to share my thoughts with you – for that I am sorry.
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AROUND NEW ENGLAND
Lyndonville Electric Department manager Ken Mason, the face of the village-owned utility for nearly 40 years, has announced he will step down effective June 1, 2016.
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Belmont Light is pleased to announce that over 200 residents have participated in its Energy Efficiency Grant Program since the program’s launch in October 2014.
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ASSOCIATION HAPPENINGS
NEPPA welcomes Keene State College OSHA Training Institute Education Center as an associate member as of Wednesday, July 15, 2015!
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CALENDAR
August 23-26, 2015 Mount Washington Resort Bretton Woods, N.H.
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The 9th Annual Northeast Public Power Lineworker's Rodeo will be held September 17 & 18, 2015, at the NEPPA Training Center in Littleton, Mass.
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EDUCATION & TRAINING UPDATE
The Training Department of NEPPA has two new contract trainers. Peter Crowley, a career lineworker from Vermont, and Tom O’Connor, a former lineworker and General Line Foreman from Reading Light Department, have joined the NEPPA team as contract trainers.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
The last several months have seen a flurry of communications and legislative activity by the NEPPA Legislative Committee, as the 114th Congress began action on the first broad energy bills debated since 2009. The commitment by House and Senate leaders to develop bipartisan measures provided the first real legislative opportunity for NEPPA members to promote a legislative "fix" to the region’s Forward Capacity Market problems.
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On July 22, 2015, Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) unveiled the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s broad, bipartisan energy bill.
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