Richard Jenk’s Retirement Party
PUD General Manager Testifies at Rhode Island State House
Pascoag Utility District’s General Manager, Mike Kirkwood, testified before the R.I. Senate Corporations Committee on Tuesday evening, April 12, to bring the views of PUD management before the Senate regarding an important issue that could impact customer electric rates. This issue is working its way through both Senate and House committees in the Rhode […]
Pascoag Utility District Celebrates Richard Jenks’ Retirement
April 30, 2011 The Utility District staff members threw a retirement party for Richard Jenks at the Knights of Columbus grounds on April 30, 2011. Richard has been an extremely important and dedicated member of our staff for 41 years now, an incredible feat in itself. In fact, Richard has recently been the staff […]
104 Public Power Utilities Receive APPA Safety Award
(excerpt from Public Power Daily) More than 100 public power utilities were presented awards for their outstanding safety practices March 21 at the APPA Engineering and Operations Technical Conference in Nashville, Tenn. From 257 entries, 98 public power utilities, five joint action agencies, and a federal agency (the Western Area Power Administration) earned the […]
PUD Visits Capitol Hill to Express Views on Important Public Power Issues
PUD staff visited our Rhode Island Federal congressmen on March 1, 2011, as part of the annual American Public Power Association (APPA) and New England Public Power Association (NEPPA) legislative visit to Washington DC. This is a well-coordinated annual event among the various public power entities together with their APPA and NEPPA trade associations. […]
Winter Storm Pictures 2011
Winter Storms of 2011
Well, we are about halfway through the winter of 2010/2011, and I must say the weather in this corner of the world has been somewhat more challenging than usual this season! You will experience in the attached photos a strange dichotomy… the scenes show an absolutely beautiful winter wonderland, while at the same time […]
Greetings from the new General Manager
Greetings! My name is Mike Kirkwood, and I am very happy to become the newest member of the Pascoag Utility District family. I started interviewing with Ted in August for the possibility to assume his role as General Manager upon his retirement, and I immediately became enamored at the possibility of coming to work […]
Greener, Cleaner Power Supply will Soon be Flowing to New England Municipal Utlities – Without the Premium Price
Energy New England (ENE), a leader in providing energy, environmental and economic solutions, worked on behalf of 16 municipal utilities throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont to procure clean, carbon-free hydroelectric energy for the region. This March, more than 19 megawatts of hydro electric energy from the Androscoggin River in Lisbon Falls, Maine will […]
Operation Big Ice 2008
On December 12, 2008 at approximately 0700 AM Massachusetts and New Hampshire Municipal Utilities activated the Northeast Public Power Association Mutual Aid. This act was a result of the devastation which occurred after a freak Ice Storm ravaged several sister municipals and killed power to a record number of homes. From Pascoag, Chris […]