KIUC Linemen All Geared Up - Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
KIUC Linemen All Geared Up - Kauai Island Utility Cooperative KIUC Linemen All Geared Up - Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
October 2011 Volume 8, Number 5 David Bissell President and CEO 20112012 KIUC Board of Directors Chairman: Teofilo “Phil” Tacbian Vice Chairman: Steve M. Rapozo Treasurer: David Iha Secretary: Allan Smith Board: Carol Bain, Stu Burley, Ben Sullivan, Jan TenBruggencate, Peter Yukimura Finance & Audit Chairman: Allan Smith Members: Stu Burley, Jan TenBruggencate, Peter Yukimura Government Relations/Legislative Affairs Chairman: David Iha Members: Stu Burley, Steve Rapozo, Allan Smith Member Relations Chairman: Steve Rapozo Members: Carol Bain, Ben Sullivan, Jan TenBruggencate Nominating Committee Chairman: Peter Yukimura Policy Chairman: Peter Yukimura Members: Carol Bain, Stu Burley, Ben Sullivan Strategic Planning Chairman: Ben Sullivan Members: Carol Bain, David Iha, Jan TenBruggencate, Peter Yukimura 4463 Pahe‘e Street, Suite 1 Līhu‘e, Hawai‘i 967662000 808.246.4300 ■ www.kiuc.coop currents@kiuc.coop HI-130 Powerlines Providing safe, reliable power is a core mission at KIUC. Everyday our employees work hard to provide electricity to our island. In this issue of Currents we focus on how we keep our employees and membership safe. I encourage you to read about how signs on poles can have a detrimental effect on utility workers and how planting a tree in your yard is a potential problem for your electrical service, if not carefully planned with the help of the Hawai‘i One Call Center. September 15 through December 15 marks another SOS season. The SOS team, led by Marie Morin at the Kaua‘i Humane Society, is working hard on the program. We welcome Marie to Kaua`i and wish her and her team a successful SOS season. We are excited about the advances KIUC is making in the way of technology. Investing in smart meters will help us serve you better by improving efficiency, reliability and affordability. There have been many misconceptions and half truths floating around on the smart meter issue. To inform and educate our membership, a list of frequently asked questions on smart meters is included in this issue. We also are making steady gains in the social media realm. KIUC's Facebook and Twitter pages work to inform members on what is happening at the coop, provide tips and support community efforts. We also now maintain a channel on HawaiiStream.com that provides video of KIUC meetings, shares important coop messages and much more. October is coop month! 2011 marks our ninth year as a coop, and as in every October issue in the past, we have listed our unclaimed patronage capital list. If your name appears on this list, please fill out the form on page 55 to claim your money. Patronage capital is one of the benefits of being a member of the cooperative. Instead of working to make money for stakeholders, we work for you. And we will continue looking out for the best interest of our membership as we charge forward into the future. Mahalo, David Bissell
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October 2011<br />
Volume 8, Number 5<br />
David Bissell<br />
President and CEO<br />
20112012 <strong>KIUC</strong> Board of Directors<br />
Chairman: Teofilo “Phil” Tacbian<br />
Vice Chairman: Steve M. Rapozo<br />
Treasurer: David Iha<br />
Secretary: <strong>All</strong>an Smith<br />
Board: Carol Bain, Stu Burley, Ben Sullivan,<br />
Jan TenBruggencate, Peter Yukimura<br />
Finance & Audit<br />
Chairman: <strong>All</strong>an Smith<br />
Members: Stu Burley, Jan TenBruggencate,<br />
Peter Yukimura<br />
Government Relations/Legislative Affairs<br />
Chairman: David Iha<br />
Members: Stu Burley, Steve Rapozo, <strong>All</strong>an<br />
Smith<br />
Member Relations<br />
Chairman: Steve Rapozo<br />
Members: Carol Bain, Ben Sullivan,<br />
Jan TenBruggencate<br />
Nominating Committee<br />
Chairman: Peter Yukimura<br />
Policy<br />
Chairman: Peter Yukimura<br />
Members: Carol Bain, Stu Burley, Ben Sullivan<br />
Strategic Planning<br />
Chairman: Ben Sullivan<br />
Members: Carol Bain, David Iha, Jan<br />
TenBruggencate, Peter Yukimura<br />
4463 Pahe‘e Street, Suite 1<br />
Līhu‘e, Hawai‘i 967662000<br />
808.246.4300 ■ www.kiuc.coop<br />
currents@kiuc.coop<br />
HI-130<br />
Powerlines<br />
Providing safe, reliable power is a core mission at<br />
<strong>KIUC</strong>. Everyday our employees work hard to provide<br />
electricity to our island. In this issue of Currents we focus<br />
on how we keep our employees and membership safe. I<br />
encourage you to read about how signs on poles can<br />
have a detrimental effect on utility workers and how<br />
planting a tree in your yard is a potential problem for<br />
your electrical service, if not carefully planned with the<br />
help of the Hawai‘i One Call Center.<br />
September 15 through December 15 marks another SOS season. The SOS team, led by Marie<br />
Morin at the Kaua‘i Humane Society, is working hard on the program. We welcome Marie to<br />
Kaua`i and wish her and her team a successful SOS season.<br />
We are excited about the advances <strong>KIUC</strong> is making in the way of technology. Investing in<br />
smart meters will help us serve you better by improving efficiency, reliability and affordability.<br />
There have been many misconceptions and half truths floating around on the smart meter<br />
issue. To inform and educate our membership, a list of frequently asked questions on smart<br />
meters is included in this issue.<br />
We also are making steady gains in the social media realm. <strong>KIUC</strong>'s Facebook and Twitter<br />
pages work to inform members on what is happening at the coop, provide tips and support<br />
community efforts. We also now maintain a channel on HawaiiStream.com that provides video<br />
of <strong>KIUC</strong> meetings, shares important coop messages and much more.<br />
October is coop month! 2011 marks our ninth year as a coop, and as in every October issue<br />
in the past, we have listed our unclaimed patronage capital list. If your name appears on this list,<br />
please fill out the form on page 55 to claim your money. Patronage capital is one of the benefits<br />
of being a member of the cooperative. Instead of working to make money for stakeholders, we<br />
work for you. And we will continue looking out for the best interest of our membership as we<br />
charge forward into the future.<br />
Mahalo,<br />
David Bissell
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