Industry and IBEW News

wnylabortoday.com profiles IBEW Local 99 Joint Apprenticeship Training Center Director Robert Cruz in Cranston Rhode Island who draws on his own experience in foster care to help apprentices enter the trade tuition free and graduate earning $61 an hour to start.
safetyandhealthmagazine.com covers a new California law requiring automated external defibrillators at electrical utility worksites championed by IBEW members following the death of a utility worker who could not be reached by emergency services in time.
planetizen.com covers a Stamford report showing the city has collected over $8 million in developer fees for its affordable housing trust fund while on-site affordable unit production has declined as more developers choose the fee-in-lieu option.
ctmirror.org reports Eversource has declined to finalize power purchase agreements for three state-selected solar projects totaling 54 megawatts citing cost concerns raising questions about the viability of the projects.
thehill.com reports Port Washington Wisconsin voters approved the first anti-data center referendum in the nation requiring public approval before tax incentives are awarded to future projects