Janway Retires From Wolverine
According to Danny Janway, the world is smaller than most of us give it credit for and it’s all part of the “Quilt of Life” - a patchwork of people and events that blend together to define us all. Janway grew up in the utility industry - his dad worked 28 years for Oklahoma Gas [...]
HomeWorks Re-elects Pohl, Oplinger
HomeWorks Tri-County Electric has wrapped up its seven district member meetings, with a total of over 1,300 people attending, and the return of $2.4 million in capital credit refunds to its members this year. Directors Luke Pohl (District 3) and Ed Oplinger (District 6) were re-elected, and both ran unopposed. Pohl is the owner of [...]
More Reminders of Co-op Consumer Scams
The board treasurer of an Iowa electric co-op recently received an email from the CEO asking for immediate help on a wire transfer. Signature details were the same as the CEO would normally use, with the exception that the phone number listed was really the co-op’s fax number. “The treasurer was very alert and sent [...]
Midwest Energy Becomes Member Regulated
Midwest Energy is now the seventh Michigan electric distribution cooperative to become member-regulated. After hearing member comments, the co-op announced the decision in its July-August issue of Michigan Country Lines magazine. Of the nine co-ops, only Cloverland and Thumb remain fully regulated by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), and Cloverland recently announced that it [...]
Great Lakes Installs Mobile Workforce Management
Most co-op field workers have experienced the frustration of returning to the office to find a service order waiting for them at a location they have just been. That’s why Great Lakes Energy has installed a mobile workforce management (MWFM) system to help connect operations and field workers with supervisors and dispatch in real-time. By [...]
Co-op Team Returns From Guatemala
A six-day project scouting trip has brought a team of Michigan electric co-op employees home with details they’ll need to help bring electricity to a remote area of Guatemala. Jim Carpenter, Cherryland Electric line superintendent; Matt Monroe, Wolverine Power safety coordinator; Kevin Evans, Great Lakes Energy engineering analyst; and Dan King, MECA safety & loss [...]