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June/July 2013 www.esb.ie/em
Generation & Wholesale Markets
4YOU SAFETY COACHING - SUPPORTING SAFETY LEADERS
TO SUPPORT THE 4you Safety Leadership Programme and to empower safety leaders to demonstrate positive health and safety behaviours and skills in the workplace, the 4you team has designed a safety coaching approach. Safety coaching has been found to be the most effective way in which to embed behaviour change for health, wellbeing and safety. The coaching approach involves 4you safety coaches providing four one-to-one safety coaching sessions over six months to each safety leader who takes part in the 4you Safety Leadership Programme.
A safety leader is a person who cares enough to take the action to keep themselves and others free from danger or injury through guidance, encouragement, direction and setting the example. Anyone can be a safety leader - it exists within all of us!
To date, the 4you team has identified twelve 4you safety coaches from within Generation & Wholesale Markets (G&WM) to deliver coaching to safety leaders.
During April, Dave O'Brien, ESB's executive coach, with the support of Fiona Kennedy from the 4you team, delivered a three-day safety coaching course to the 4you safety coaches. The three days were highly interactive and focused on imparting skills relevant for coaching, such as rapport building, active listening, goal setting and feedback as well as knowledge around particular coaching methods and approaches. Time was also given to practising the application of these skills and techniques in coaching triads.
A further three-day safety coaching training programme will be run later this year to support the development of 4you safety coaches for both G&WM and Networks. If you are interested in becoming a 4you coach, please email Jennifer Grogan: jennifer.grogan@esb.ie.
Moneypoint contributes to SEA-PT exercise
THE SEA-PT (SHANNON Estuary Anti-Pollution Team) consists of the Port Company, Local Authorities and oil/coal importers and was initiated to form a unified coordinated response to pollution incidents on the Shannon Estuary. The team has been in operation for the past 19 years under a committee of the nominated pollution officers representing each of the members. The most active member is SFPC who call and chair the meetings, organise training courses and exercises and ensure maintenance of equipment.
SFPC assists the nominated county in preparing annual exercises. Roles and responsibilities within SEAPT rest mainly with the Port Company, who organise all maintenance, purchases, meetings, annual accounts and audits, training courses and help organize and run exercises. Each member contributed initially to provide pollution response equipment and support tools. This equipment is available to respond to any pollution incident or threat involving any of its members. Members contribute annually to ensure that equipment is maintained, enabling SEA-PT to provide exercises and training and purchase new and replacement equipment. Each member has individual responsibility for its own area, and assumes command role when the annual exercise takes place within their jurisdiction. Oil Spill Tracking Model, Geographic Information System, Environmental Atlas, Sensitivity Study, Oil Spill Response Strategy, Hydrocarbon Baseline Study and Emergency Response Plans have been developed for the region and updated.
At the recent exercise, while SEA-PT was a major partner in coordinating the exercise, ESB Moneypoint was a major contributor to the group.
Wind farms supporting community
MYNYDD Y BETWS WIND FARM is located in Amman Valley in south Wales and consists of 15 Siemens 2.3MW turbines for a total of 34.5MW. The project has been very successful, with the turbines currently completing their reliability runs. Over the past year ESB have been working with our partners, Carmarthenshire County Council, in order to establish a community fund which will benefit the community near the wind farm. Mynydd y Betws Wind Farm community benefit fund has been set up to support community projects that address local need and create vibrant and sustainable communities in the wards of Amman-ford, Betws, Garnant, Glanaman, Llandy-bie, Pontaman, Penygroes, Saron, Tycroes and Cwarter Bach.
The formal launch took place on April 22nd in Gellimanwydd Hall, Heol Walla-sey, Ammanford, with a large turnout of representatives from all the eligible wards. It was followed by a drop-in funding surgery. Carmarthenshire County Council chair Cllr Siân Thomas said money from the fund would be a much-needed benefit to communities around the windf arm.
The levels of available grant are: £500-£5,000, up to 90% grant; £5,001-£25,000, up to 80% grant; and £25,001-£50,000, up to 70% grant.
Council community regeneration manager (Valleys) Amy Hawkins said: “There will be at least two funding rounds a year and we anticipate significantly more than two funding panels this year.” Council leader Cllr Kevin Madge said: “The fund could make a significant difference to the wellbeing of this valley. Further funding surgeries also took place in the Black Mountain Centre and Penygroes Welfare Hall, Waterloo Road, Penygroes.
Another fund designed to benefit four wards in Neath Port Talbot will be launch later in the summer.
Grand Prix winner
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▪ Mountain Lodge Community Fund awards night
ESB and Galetech Energy hosted an awards night for the second instalment of the Mountain Lodge Wind Farm Community Fund in April, where a total of €20,950 was awarded on the night
▪ Elev8 filmed at ESB power stations
RTÉ recently filmed two short pieces in both Turlough Hill and Leixlip station for a science slot called ‘The Y Files’ on the kids’ afternoon TV show, Elev8, which is broadcast daily on RTÉ Two.
