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The Carrington story continues PAGE 14 THE NEWSPAPER FOR ESB June/July 2014 www.esb.ie/em News Innovation Generation & Wholesale Markets BSC & Electric Ireland ESB Networks Ltd PAGE 02 PAGE 09 PAGE 12 PAGE 17 PAGE 21 Jerry O'Sullivan, Managing Director, ESB Networks, awards Michael Buckley with the Shane Conlan Perpetual Award. On either side of Michael are Jack Walsh and Lorna Conlan, cousin and sister of late ESB apprentice Shane Conlan, with John O'Gorman, HR and Support Manager, ESB Networks, on the right. BIG DAY FOR ESB NETWORKS 8 There was huge activity at the Networks Training Centre in Portlaoise on May 29th, marked by a number of key events. THURSDAY MAY 29th was a very important day in support of ESB Networks Safety Strategy. This was marked by the main events of the day with the Official Opening of Burnwood 38kV station and Awards ceremony of the ESB Networks Apprentice Network Technician of the Year 2014. The event was held in Networks Training Centre, Portlaoise and was preceded by months of hard work by the staff there. NTC has commenced an exciting journey to creating a centre of excellence with their vision of 'together, assuring technical competence for all, now and into the future'. Competence is one of four behavioural pillars supporting ESB Networks Safety Strategy. The goal of the strategy is to establish safety as a Core Value, a value that cannot be compromised. The theme of the day was to emphasise that the development of the Training Centre as a centre of excellence, and the day's events, are part of the Competence pillar of ESB Networks Safety Strategy. The day was particularly important to ESB Networks staff as we remembered the tragic week in January 2013 when two of our apprentices lost their lives. Shane Conlan lost his life in a fatal workplace incident and Oisin Crotty, two days later, was killed in a road traffic collision. Family members of both Shane and Oisin were in attendance and were welcomed by Jerry O'Sullivan, Managing Director of ESB Networks who said: ''We are grateful, humbled and honoured by your attendance as we attempt to move forward on our safety journey but also as we remember the tragic loss of our colleagues Shane and Oisin''. May 29th was also an opportunity for ESB staff and invited guests from the HSA, Institutes of Technology colleges and SOLAS to visit the centre and get a sense of how far they have travelled in this journey to a centre of excellence. THE BURNWOOD 38KV STATION There was great excitement at the unveiling of the Burnwood 38kV station - heralding a new era for the Networks Training Centre. The station's construction began in October 2010, and was completed at an investment of over €4 million. It is a state of the art facility for operations training with modern substation technology. ''We have always held the belief in the NTC that if equipment exists on the ESB system, then it should also be installed in these facilities,'' said Alan Kelly, Training Operations Manager, in his address to guests. The station is a first of its kind facility in Ireland and Britain, mimicking the stations that are on the system. ''Burnwood station is a transformer/ switching sub-station, utilising modern design that is presently being installed elsewhere on the system and is used to transform the incoming supply from 38kV down to MV for further distribution,'' said Alan. ''Although no customers will be connected to the station, it will be treated as would any other station on the system in regards to the application of our safety rules, procedures and protocols.'' continued on page 22 Top stories in brief Confidential Counselling Service - As part of the enhancement to our health and wellbeing support services, ESB has appointed a company to provide a confidential counselling support service to staff. Shield - Training will begin this month for level one users of ESB's new environmental, health and safety management system. Supported by the online enviroManager tool, the system will initially provide a co-ordinated recording, reporting and task assignment process for any incident or near miss. Good news for EV drivers travelling in Europe ESB's ecars team has been working with Dutch utility Alliander Mobility Services on developing a pioneering mobile App, which will allow EV drivers to seamlessly access the electric vehicle (EV) charging network in both countries. Happy 40th Anniversary Turlough Hill Looking back on 40 years at the iconic station - from its origin, design and development to the Hydro Control Centre it is today. Windows 7 project - delivering on many fronts After 16 months, the Windows 7 project was completed in May. During that time the project has delivered in terms of reduced costs, better performance, greater efficiency, enhanced security and easier support. Retail Market Design Service celebrates new website - On May 1st, RMDS launched its new website. RMDS is the ''ring fenced'' function within ESB Networks, responsible for all aspects of the retail electricity market design on behalf of the Commission for Energy Regulation. Issn no. 0790-7508 The day began with the launch of a strenghtened ESB Networks Apprentice Programme, which was presented to the ESB Networks Safety committee. Following that was the official opening of the Burnwood 38kV station by Jerry O'Sullivan. Ongoing on the day was the competition for the Networks Apprentice of the Year 2014, and the presentation of medals to all six finalists, including the awarding of the Shane Conlan Perpetual Award to the overall winner, Michael Buckley. Over 200 guests turned out for the day's events, which included tours of the new Burnwood 38kV exterior and interior compound and new facilities at the training centre.

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