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CONTACTS: Kathleen Hughes, Sr. Division Manager - Customer Engagement, 408-615-6632 or khughes@santaclaraca.gov;
Lon Peterson, Director of Communications, 408-615-5522 or lpeterson@santaclaraca.gov
Tobias Sellier, American Public Power Association 202-467-2927
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Silicon Valley Power Honored with National Award for Outstanding Safety Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2021 – Silicon Valley Power (SVP) has earned the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence (APPA) for safe operating practices in 2020. The utility earned a first place award in the category for utilities with 250,000 – 999,999 worker-hours of annual worker exposure, meaning that it had a perfect score with an incidence rate of zero. Brandon Wylie, Chair of APPA’s Safety Committee and Director of Training & Safety at Electric Cities of Georgia, introduced the award during APPA’s annual Engineering & Operations Virtual Conference.
“Utilities that receive an APPA Safety Award have demonstrated that they have made the health and safety of their employees a core value,” said Wylie. “Designing and maintaining a top-notch utility safety program takes a lot of hard work and commitment. These utilities and their communities should be very proud.”
329 utilities from across the country entered the annual Safety Awards. Entrants were placed in categories according to their number of worker-hours and ranked based on the most incident-free records during 2020. The incidence rate, used to judge entries, is based on the number of work-related reportable injuries or illnesses and the number of worker-hours during 2020, as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
“SVP employee safety is a top priority, above all else,” said Assistant City Manager and Chief Electric Utility Officer Manuel Pineda. “We all recognize the importance of keeping the power on for the residents and businesses in Santa Clara, and we follow strict protocols to ensure the safety of our employees and the community.”
APPA’s Safety Award of Excellence have been held annually for the last 60 years. APPA is the voice of not-for-profit, community-owned utilities that power 2,000 towns and cities nationwide.
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About the City of Santa Clara
Located at the heart of Silicon Valley about 45 miles south of San Francisco, the City of Santa Clara truly is “The Center of What’s Possible.” Incorporated in 1852, Santa Clara covers an area of 19.3 square miles with an estimated population of 129,498. Santa Clara is home to an extraordinary array of high-tech companies, including Applied Materials, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Nvidia, Oracle, and Ericsson. The City of Santa Clara is also home to Santa Clara University, California’s Great America Theme Park, and Levi’s® Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers and SB50. For more information, go to SantaClaraCA.gov.
About Silicon Valley Power
Silicon Valley Power (SVP) is the trademark adopted for use by the not‑for‑profit electric municipal utility of Santa Clara, CA, serving residents and businesses for over 120 years. SVP provides power to nearly 55,000 customers, at rates 25 to 48 percent below neighboring communities. SVP is the only full-service, vertically integrated publicly owned utility in Silicon Valley, owning generation, transmission and distribution assets. See more at: SiliconValleyPower.com.
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