June 18, 2010

 

The Lincoln Electric System Administrative Board held its regular monthly meeting June 18 at the Lincoln Electric Building. Items from the meeting, as well as other pertinent information, include the following:

 

Kevin Wailes to begin CEO duties June 30

 

Kevin Wailes will begin his duties as administrator & CEO of LES on June 30, it was announced at today’s (6/18) meeting of the Administrative Board.

Doug Curry, who has served in that position since May of last year, was praised for his leadership since taking the helm of LES and thanked for his substantial accomplishments.

 

Kathy Campbell resigns from Board

 

Kathy Campbell, a six and one-half year member of the LES Administrative Board, resigned, it was announced Friday (6/18).

The Board passed a resolution expressing appreciation for her many contributions and involvement for the betterment of LES and the community.

During her time on the Board, she was secretary in 2006 and vice chair in 2007 and 2008. Campbell served on six of the Board’s eight committees. She was twice appointed to the Board by Mayor Coleen Seng in 2004 and 2007 and by Mayor Chris Beutler this year.

She was elected in 2008 as state senator for District 25.

 

The following statistics for May were presented to the Board:

May 2010	May 2009	Change
Number of Customers
129,337	128,733	+604 (+0.5%)
Retail Electricity Use (MWh)
236,792	235,372	+1,420 (+0.6%)
12-Month Average Outage Time/Customer (minutes)
16.5	15.9	0.6