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
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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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