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INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN
PUBLIC MEETING NO. 2
Thursday, June 29, 2017 • 6-7 p.m.
Walter A. Canney Service Center, 2620 Fairfield St.
Decisions made by the LES Administrative Board regarding
the Sustainable Energy Program benefit/cost metrics and
related input assumptions will be reviewed. LES requests
feedback regarding the upcoming analysis of various supply-
and demand-side resource options.
Did you know?
‘When thunder roars, go indoors!’
National Lightning Safety
Awareness Week • June 18-24
LES is joining the National Lightning Safety Council in
sharing the best tips on electrical and personal safety
when lightning is in the area.
LES CEO Kevin Wailes testified about
protecting the nation’s power grid during
the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Energy
& Natural Resources hearing May 4 in
Washington, D.C.
Wailes sat alongside Newt Gingrich,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Chairwoman Cheryl LaFleur, Electric
Power Research Institute Transmission
and Distribution Vice President Robin
Manning and others in the Dirksen Senate
Office Building.
LES’ CEO is a member of the American
Public Power Association’s board of
directors and the co-chairman of the
Electricity Subsector Coordinating
Council, a partnership of utility and trade
association executives with officials from
the White House, Department of Energy,
Department of Homeland Security, FERC,
FBI and other entities as needed.
• Seek a safe shelter, preferably indoors or a hard-top
metal vehicle, when lightning is reported in the area.
• Even while inside, don’t touch electrical equipment.
Computers are only safe to work on if they’re being
used wirelessly.
• Lightning can generate electrical surges and typical
surge protectors will not protect electronics from a
lightning strike.
• Avoid materials or surfaces that can conduct electricity
and stay off of tall structures.
US lightning fatalities in the
last 5 years
2012 – 28
2013 – 23
2014 – 26
2015 – 27
2016 – 38
TOTAL: 142
Sources: National Lightning Safety Council, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Association and National Weather Service.