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A fully integrated utility, Grand Bahama Power Company supplies electrical power to the 45,000 residents of the island of Grand Bahama. Founded in 1964 as the Freeport Power Company, the electric utility operation was originally a department of the Grand Bahama Port Authority Limited, the founders of Freeport in 1956. A fully integrated utility, Grand […]

As Safety & Health Director for CMS/Consumers Energy, Tom Taylor discusses his role in developing, maintaining and auditing all safety and health programs. Headquartered in Jackson, Michigan, Consumers Energy is the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation, an integrated energy company that also includes CMS Enterprises, whose primary businesses are independent power production and natural […]

Just as classroom training helps people acquire necessary knowledge, SDG&E’s FLEX Center prepares them for the physical aspects of their jobs. ‘The thing that clicked for me was the similarity of training professional football players while in training camp. The professional, whether on the gridiron or on a pole, needs the same focus on development.  […]

David Jones, Field Safety Coordinator, Kansas City Power & Light, explains how, in 2006, the utility attained the lowest OSHA incident rate in its history. Founded in 1882, Kansas City, Missouri-based Kansas City Power & Light has evolved over the past 125 years into a full-service energy provider. Today, KCP&L services nearly 500,000 customers in […]

Joe Murphy, Manager, Safety & Training-South, explains how striving for excellence is a daily affair for the safety team at Dominion Delivery One of the nation’s largest producers of energy, Dominion’s asset portfolio consists of about 28,000 megawatts of power generation, 6,000 miles of electric transmission, about 6.3 trillion cubic feet equivalent of natural gas […]

An interview with Gordon Baldwin, Director, Safety & Security for West Division of Charter Communications  Founded in 1993, Charter Communications has grown considerably. Today, the Fortune 500 company is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. The company provides a full range of digital video entertainment programming, high-speed Internet and telephone services for […]

Have you ever heard “This is how we’ve always done it” or “We’ve never had a problem before” to describe events that have led up to personnel injuries or even death? While this is a common reaction when people are being questioned during an accident investigation, complacency in the workplace is one of the most […]

An interview with Jack D. Sahl, Director – Corporate Environment, Health & Safety, Southern California Edison One of the largest electric utilities in the U.S., and the largest subsidiary of Edison International, Southern California Edison (SCE) has provided electric service for more than a century to some of the most dynamic and growing areas of […]