PEPB LOCAL NEWS

Ice Storm 2009

2009-03-31T11:44:00.000-07:00

Thank You from the Princeton Electric Plant Board…

We want to extend our appreciation to our customers for your patience during the recent power outage due to the 2009 Ice Storm. Many long hours were put in by our employees not only to repair services but also answering the telephones, preparing meals, doing laundry, arranging for housing, and other duties as needed.
Customers knew the PEPB was on the job and could contact us to report their outages. Many other areas in our state are not as fortunate to have someone local to contact.
We appreciate all of the cards and kind words given to us during the restoration process. We are particularly grateful to the local volunteers and businesses who helped us during this time.
We especially want to thank the following businesses for their donations:
HANCOCK’S NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET
FOOD GIANT
FIRST SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANK
FARMERS BANK & TRUST CO.
BREMNER
KFC/TACO JOHN’S
PAGLIAI’S
MARATHON/GODFATHER’S PIZZA
MEMORY LANE CREAMERY
HAMMONS AUTOMOTIVE
PRINCETON FINISHING
TRICE HUGHES INC
ATMOS ENERGY
SCOTT’S ELECTRIC
McDONALD’S RESTAURANT
AMERICAN LEGION POST
CALDWELL COUNTY HOSPITAL
HEATON’S BBQ
CENTRAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION

We want to give a special recognition to Barbara Mitchell and her incredible group of volunteers. They prepared and served over 150 meals a day for the line crews, both local and out of town, and the employees at the Princeton Electric Plant Board during the restoration. We thank each volunteer for your time and commitment.

If we have inadvertantly omitted anyone from our list, please note we appreciate your assistance.

Recipe of the Month

2009-03-31T06:50:00.000-07:00

MEXICAN CORN BREAD

2 c. meal
2 Tbs. sour cream
1/2 lb cheddar cheese, shredded
2 eggs
1/4 c oil
1 can cream style corn
2 jalapeno peppers, finely diced

Mix meal, cheese, corn, and sour cream together. Mix oil and eggs in. Slowly fold in peppers. Bake at 425 until done.

FOCUS ON SAFETY

2008-07-14T12:05:00.000-07:00

Safety and reliability go hand in hand in Princeton, Kentucky’s municipal electric operations. Providing a safe working environment for employees enables PEPB to provide reliable electric power to customers. PEPB employees have established an excellent record of safe operations by working more than 2,323 days without a lost time accident. The employees efforts are lead by Randy Dorroh, Safety Coordinator, who has completed a certificate program through the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association. Randy takes his job seriously and the results are clearly beneficial to employees and the community.
PEPB continuously strives to improve its operations and each year raises the bar for achievement in order to keep the appropriate focus on safe operations. In 2008 PEPB was again achieved the designation of Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3) by the American Public Power Association. The RP3 designation signifies that employees, management, and governing board are working together to carry out PEPB’s mission of providing safe and reliable power for the Princeton, Kentucky community.
“Genuine Safety” logo and slogan is the newest PEPB effort for our employees to show our commitment to making the PEPB one of the safest places to work in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Our commitments to safety include:
Make safety a core value. Safety is as important to our organization as keeping reliable electricity going for our customers. We let employees know that no job is so important that it should be done at personal risk. We conduct safety meetings on a monthly basis.
Commit management to worker safety. Our manager and supervisors actively engage in our organization’s safety efforts. Leaders demonstrate their commitment to safety by following our company’s safe work procedures, listening to and acting upon employees’ concerns and actively participating in safety meetings.
Involve employees in the safety process. We encourage employees to take part in making our workplace safe by including them in safety committees, inspections, accident investigations and safety suggestion programs. We give them time to participate during their regular work hours and recognize their efforts. Find out what motivates them to work safe.
We set high expectations for safe behavior by clearly stating expectations that everyone will follow the safety procedures and wear appropriate personal protective equipment. Managers and supervisors also should expect employees to identify, control and report all hazards found in the workplace.
We encourage all employees to set their own goals. Employees will respond more positively to setting their own goals. Give them the autonomy to do this and encourage them to make it a personal aim to go home each day without injury.
By setting these commitments, the PEPB promotes a safe environment for all our employees as we continue to be your “hometown energy provider.”

Levelized Billing Process

2008-05-28T06:48:00.000-07:00

Beginning in June, budget billing will no longer be available through PEPB. We have decided to replace budget billing with the levelized billing process.
Levelized Billing is a payment plan based on a 12-month average of your electric bills. Your bill is based on the monthly average of your bill for the previous 12 months.
Each month the average is calculated. This average is always rounded up to the next whole dollar amount. An adjustment is made to the average bill amount each month to avoid overpayment or underpayment of your account. This plan is an easy way to balance your electric bills. Instead of fluctuating bills, you can expect to pay about the same amount each month.
There will be no charge for using Levelized Billing. This is a service that we will provide to our customers to make it easier to budget their electric bills.
To sign up for this service, you must have a zero account balance. For more information about levelized billing, contact our Customer Service Representatives at 365-2031.

Arbor Day 2008

2008-05-28T06:20:00.000-07:00

The PEPB participated in an Arbor Day Activity by planting 38 trees for the number of poles set in 2007. Thank you to our local 4-H group, James Oliver, and Don Lam with the Department of Forestry in making this possible