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New In Utilities:
Future Utility Department Conference
Dates and Locations
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The Utility Department is pleased to announce the dates and locations for the 2013 and 2014 Utility conferences.
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The 2013 Utility Conference will be conducted at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel in San Diego, California, April 3rd through April 5th. |
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Attending April 3rd and 4th will be the following Districts: 1, 2, 6, 8, 10 and 11.
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Attending April 4th and 5th will be the following Districts: 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9.
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In 2014, the Utility Department will hold its annual conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel and Spa, April 8th through April 11th. |
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Attending April 8th and 9th will be the following Districts: 1, 3, 4, 6 and 8.
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Attending April 9th and 10th will be the following Districts: 2, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11.
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You will be notified when online registration and hotel reservations can be made for these conferences.
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The natural disasters in Japan that led to the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant have raised questions in the national media and among the public about the safety of nuclear power in the United States.
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Advanced Coal Generation
Recently the IBEW partnered with the AFL-CIO, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, United Mine Workers of America and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, to perform a joint study with regard to building new jobs for a future of advanced coal generation.
Advanced coal generation will be an important component in future base-load electrical generation as we enter a low carbon era of energy production. The following report provides specific insight into the scenarios being developed for constructing advanced coal generation, while also bringing good jobs to evolving low carbon technology.
Read the Advanced Coal Generation BBC Study Report
Watch the "Clean Coal" interview with Utilities
Department Director Jim Hunter
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Reference Materials:
2012 Nuclear Conference Materials & Presentations
To view reference materials from previous Nuclear Conferences, click the link above and then select a different conference year from the list on the right hand side of the form...
2009 Utility Conference Materials & Presentations
About the Utilities Department
The IBEW represents its utility member interests through Utility Department involvement in legislative, regulatory, and standards development. The department provides assistance to 433 Local Unions in Canada and the United States, supporting some 250,0000 utility workers.
The IBEW represents employees at:
- 83% of all the organized utilities in the United States and Canada.
- 70% of the organized investor-owned utilities
- 96% percent of the organized rural electric cooperative utilities.
- 76% of the organized municipal utilities.
- 100% of all organized federal government utilities.
In the Utility Industry, the IBEW represents linemen, groundmen, equipment operators, boiler operators, I & C techs, maintenance mechanics, electricians, welders, control room operators, and dispatchers. Then, there are the meter installers, meter readers, field reps, clerical workers, cable splicers, substation electricians, warehousemen, communications techs, fleet servicemen, and relay technicians.
The IBEW represents thousands of people in the Gas Industry from clerical workers to the employees involved in the construction and maintenance of gas transmission and distribution lines.
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