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 [...]
HomeWorks’ Miller Retires With 30+ Years of Co-op Service
Matt Miller, operations manager for HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Co-op, now has some different job titles: “retiree,” “Grandpa,” and “traveler”. An Ionia native, Miller started his line apprenticeship in 1974, working for contractors out of the IBEW Local 876 union hall, and earning journeyman status in 1979. A few years later, he started at Wolverine’s small [...]
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Tornado Rips Into HomeWorks, Thumb Electric Co-op Areas
An EF-1 tornado ripped through the town of Portland on June 22, ripping across the property and facilities of the headquarters of HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Co-op, and causing major damage to about 11 other businesses, 70 homes, and four churches. About five people received minor injuries, with no fatalities. The HomeWorks Tri-County office in Portland [...]
Michigan Co-ops Join NRECA Guatemala Project
More than 1.6 billion people in the world remain without electricity. We know that clean water, improved healthcare, better education, safer streets and economic growth all start with power. That’s why Michigan’s electric cooperatives are partnering with the NRECA International Foundation to bring safe, reliable and affordable electricity to remote villages in Guatemala. “Michigan’s work [...]