Water Improvement Project 2013
Hi-tech Water Meter Project Completed
PUD is happy to announce that the water meter project is essentially complete as of January of this year. This project was focused on changing our old technology water meters to a new sophisticated meter system called Automatic Meter Reading or AMR. In this system, the meters are able to store hour-by-hour water usage electronically, […]
RI Clean Water Finance Project Proposals
During the 2011 Annual Meeting, the ratepayers of the Pascoag Utility District were asked to consider and vote upon a Proposal regarding two projects for the Water Department: Well/Water Exploration and Tank Painting and Maintenance. Currently Pascoag is relying on a neighboring water department for 80% of its supply. By exploring for a clean […]
Burrillville High School Athletic Field Scoreboard Relocation
We at Pascoag Utility District are extremely pleased to have worked with Burrillville High School in relocating an electronic scoreboard from Eccleston Field to the Gledhill soccer field on the high school property. The Gledhill field has a higher usage in terms of competitive sports such as high school soccer, where having the score visible […]
Notice of Change in Rate
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION RE: PASCOAG UTILITY DISTRICT RIPUC DOCKET NO. _____ NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATE Pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws (R.I.G.L.), Section 39-3-11, and in accordance with Section 2.4 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (RIPUC), the Pascoag […]
Julie Choquette Awarded the Carol A. Tracey Customer Service Award!
Pascoag Utility District’s Customer Service Representative, Julie Choquette was awarded the Carol A. Tracey Customer Service Award on June 6th at the annual NEPPA Customer Service Conference. Julie received the award because she was the lead coordinator responsible for the implementation of PUD’s water meter AMR installation program. She coordinated with the operations staff […]
Exxon Settlement Approved!
Rhode Island Superior Court has now fully approved the settlement between Exxon-Mobil, Pascoag Utility, and the Class Action participants. There is a 20 day appeal period. If there are no appeals, Exxon Mobil will issue a check for the full amount to the lead attorney in the case, who will then disburse the funds per […]
Pascoag Utility District Participates in Statewide Energy Assurance Plan Exercise
On May 15, 2012, Pascoag Utility District was proud to participate in the State of Rhode Island Energy Assurance Plan tabletop exercise, a drill in the planning stage for several months. This exercise was scheduled in order to simulate how the state would respond to and recover from a natural disaster. The basic premise of […]
98 Public Power Utilities Receive APPA Safety Award
Nearly 100 public power utilities were presented awards for their outstanding safety practices April 16 at the APPA Engineering and Operations Technical Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. From more than 275 entries, 98 public power utilities, joint action agencies, and federal agencies earned the safety award. “Safety should always be priority number one for electric […]
Pascoag Utility District is now on Facebook & Twitter!
Electric companies across the country are using Twitter and Facebook to give their customers the most up to date information when they need it most. If there is a widespread outage, utilities are finding that these are great tools to keep their customers informed when other methods of communication fail. PUD is happy to offer […]