Author: hannah

Monday, June 5, 2023 

TRAVERSE CITY, MI. – Traverse City Light & Power has earned the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2022. The utility earned the 1^st place award in the category for utilities with 60,000 to 109,999 worker hours of annual worker exposure.

 “Safety needs to be the first thing on every utility employee’s mind as they go about their work,” said Jim Boyd, Chair of APPA’s Safety Committee and Electric Operations Safety Manager at Tacoma Power, Tacoma Washington. “The utilities honored by APPA for excellence in this area should be proud of the culture they have instilled in serving their communities.”

283 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 incident-free records and the overall state of their safety programs and culture during 2022. The incidence rate is based on the number of work-related reportable injuries or illnesses and the number of worker hours during 2022, as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). “TCLP cares deeply about sending our employees home to their families safely every single day,” said Daren Dixon, Operations Manager of TCLP. “We are proud to be honored for all the work that goes into standing behind this commitment.” The Safety Awards have been held annually for more than 65 years. APPA is the voice of not-for-profit, community-owned utilities that power 2,000 towns and cities nationwide.

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Traverse City Light & Power (www.tclp.org) is a community-owned, community-focused municipal utility that offers reliable energy at low rates in the region to over 12,700 customers in Traverse City, and parts of East Bay, Elmwood, Garfield, and Peninsula townships. Now offering TCLPfiber, an all-fiber, gigabit internet service.

Monday, May 1, 2023

Contact: Kelli Schroeder, Customer & Employee Relations Manager, 231-932 4545, kschroeder@tclp.org

TRAVERSE CITY, MI.– Traverse City Light and Power (TCLP) is now accepting Community Investment Fund Grant Applications for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year.  Applications will be accepted until July 31, 2023.

As a public power utility, TCLP is committed to investing in the community we serve. The vision of the Community Investment Fund is to enhance the quality of life in the Traverse City area with charitable contributions focused on projects and programs in three key areas: Community Development, Energy-Related Education, and Natural Resources/Environmental.

The requesting organization must reside in the Traverse City area, be non-profit and operate for public purposes. For more information on the Community Investment Fund along with the application and submission requirements visit “Utility Forms” under “About L&P” at www.tclp.org.

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Traverse City Light & Power (www.tclp.org) is a community-owned, community-focused municipal utility that offers reliable energy at low rates in the region to over 12,700 customers in Traverse City, and parts of East Bay, Elmwood, Garfield, and Peninsula townships. Now offering TCLPfiber, an all-fiber, gigabit internet service.

Monday, April 17, 2023

Contact: Kelli Schroeder, Customer & Employee Relations Manager, 231-932-4545, kschroeder@tclp.org

TRAVERSE CITY, MI. – Traverse City Light and Power (TCLP) has awarded three local agencies funds from the TCLP Community Investment Program. This year’s Community Investment Program awardees are Child and Family Services, Botanical Garden Society, and Groundwork Center. The following submissions were approved at the Tuesday, April 11, 2023, TCLP Board meeting:

• Child and Family Services – in the amount of $8,000 for the “Comfort During Care” project to make energy-efficient upgrades to client rooms and other facility areas.
• Botanical Garden Society – in the amount of $18,635 to create an energy-efficient year-round education center to expand classes, demonstrations, workshops, and symposia for people of all ages and diverse abilities.
• Groundwork Center – in the amount of $30,000 for implementation of Solar on Schools Program that educates K-12 students about renewable energy sources, their benefits to the community, and helping students develop foundational skills.

“We look forward to seeing the benefits brought to the community through the funds awarded to these organizations,” said Board Vice Chairperson Elysha Davila. “TCLP is a community-owned utility that has a responsibility to invest its resources back into the community it serves.”

The Community Investment Fund assists non-profit organizations, focusing on three key areas: Community Development, Energy-Related Educational Programs, and Natural Resources/Environment. Grant applications are accepted two times per year from the period of May 1 – July 31 and from November 1 – January 31.

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Traverse City Light & Power (www.tclp.org) is a community-owned, community-focused municipal utility that offers reliable energy at low rates in the region to over 12,700 customers in Traverse City, and parts of East Bay, Elmwood, Garfield, and Peninsula townships. Now offering TCLPfiber, an all-fiber, gigabit internet service.

Wednesday, April 13, 2023

Contact: Daren Dixon, Operations Manager, 231-932-4550, ddixon@tclp.org

TRAVERSE CITY, MI. — Traverse City Light & Power has received national recognition for achieving exceptional electric reliability in 2022. The recognition comes from the American Public Power Association (APPA), a trade group that represents more than 2,000 not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities.

APPA helps electric utilities track power outages and restoration data through its subscription-based eReliability Tracker service. Once per year, APPA’s Reliability Team compares this data to national statistics tracked by the U.S. Energy Information Administration for all types of electric utilities.

“It’s encouraging to see year after year that public power’s track record for providing highly reliable service is backed up by data,” said APPA Director of Research and Development Paul Zummo. “These utilities are the best of the best when it comes to keeping the lights on. And these communities should be proud of their local power providers and appreciate the hard work that goes into earning this recognition.”

Nationwide, the average public power customer has their lights out for less than half the amount of time than customers of other types of utilities do.

“We are proud to receive this recognition. It is a testament to the hard work of all our staff to ensure that we keep Traverse City powered,” said Daren Dixon, Operations Manager at Traverse City Light & Power.

Traverse City Light & Power is in the top quartile (25%) of utilities for System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) including or excluding IEEE MEDs based on the EIA data in 2017 – 2021.

For more information on Traverse City Light & Power and its commitment to reliability, visit www.tclp.org.

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Traverse City Light & Power (www.tclp.org) is a community-owned, community-focused municipal utility that offers reliable energy at low rates in the region to over 12,700 customers in Traverse City, and parts of East Bay, Elmwood, Garfield, and Peninsula townships. Now offering TCLPfiber, an all-fiber, gigabit internet service.