Friday, August 31, 2012

Duke Energy workers honored with Awards

A total of 13 Duke Energy employees were honored?Wednesday with the company's James B. Duke Award ? the company's highest employee award for service to the company and community. The awards honor accomplishments performed in the previous year.

The 13 employees represent four individual winners and one team of nine employees.

Honored were:

  • Jessica Bishop, director, Electric Vehicle Development, Charlotte
  • Russell Wilkenloh, manager, Resource Recovery, Charlotte
  • Andre Guimaraes, Institutional Affairs, Chavantes, Brazil
  • David Masters, manager, Technology Development, Charlotte
  • Nine team members who worked on the company?s response to the mercury and other hazardous air pollution regulation (MACT/HAPS)?

The James B. Duke Award continues the company's long tradition of recognizing leadership and service in the community and the workplace.?

Winners are nominated and selected by their peers.

Here is a brief summary of the employees' accomplishments:

The MACT/HAPS team ? Brandon Delis, Cincinnati; Mike Geers, Cincinnati; Jon Hays, Plainfield, Ind.; Dave Mitchell, Charlotte; Keith Pike, Plainfield Ind.; Stephen Potter, Charlotte; Tammie Smith, Charlotte; Dan Sympson, Gallagher Station, Ind.; and Dave Waugh, Charlotte ? was honored for its work and compliance strategy concerning the MACT/HAPS regulation proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Bishop was honored for her work on innovative programs as Duke Energy?s first-ever plug-in electric vehicle program director.

Wilkenloh was honored for exceeding the company?s four-year recycling goal a year early. The company worked to increase its total recycling rate to 62 percent.

Guimaraes was honored for his innovative and widespread community outreach programs in Brazil, which touched more than 100,000 residents last year.

Masters was honored for his work on the company?s smart grid developments. He helped utilize common platforms and technology to better increase communications between the company and its customers.

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Source: http://sedgefield-parkroad.wbtv.com/news/74898-duke-energy-workers-honored-awards

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