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Big Rivers and ET&S Recognized for Safety Awards

Big Rivers Electric Corporation received two employee safety recognitions from the Kentucky Labor Cabinet and Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) on Tuesday. Big Rivers’ ET&S (Energy Transmission and Substation) location earned its 2nd Governor’s Safety and Health Award. The company was also selected as a KEMI Destiny Award recipient for its second consecutive year.  Continue Reading

Sebree Station Receives 13th Governor’s Safety and Health Award

Big Rivers Electric Corporation in Robards Presented Governor’s Safety and Health Award Alexandria Englen – alexandria.englen@ky.gov   Robards, Ky. (December 14, 2017) – Labor Cabinet Deputy Secretary Mike Nemes visited Big Rivers Electric Corporation – Sebree Station in Robards today to present a Governor’s Safety and Health Award for the 3,069,227 production hours worked without a lost-timeContinue Reading

Wilson Station Awarded 15th Governor’s Safety and Health Award

Centertown, Ky. (November 30, 2017) – Labor Cabinet Workplace Standards Commissioner Ervin Dimeny visited Big Rivers Electric Corporation – Wilson Station in Centertown today to present a Governor’s Safety and Health Award for the 250,047 production hours worked without a lost-time incident by employees. Labor Cabinet Secretary Derrick Ramsey congratulated Wilson Station on its 15th award of this kind.Continue Reading

Headquarters Earns Big Rivers’ 43rd Governor’s Safety Award

VIEW PDF VERSION OF PRESS RELEASE HERE   COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY LABOR CABINET FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jarrad Hensley (502) 564-3219 Jarrad.Hensley@ky.gov   Big Rivers Electric Corporation in Henderson Presented Governor’s Safety and Health Award Employees completed over 1,250,639 production hours without a lost-time incident HENDERSON, Ky. (July 6, 2017) – Labor Cabinet Deputy SecretaryContinue Reading

LS Power, Hoosier Energy and Big Rivers Selected by MISO for First Competitive Transmission Project

December 20, 2016 – LS Power, Hoosier Energy, and Big Rivers are pleased to have been selected by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) to implement, own, and operate the Duff-Coleman EHV 345 kV Competitive Transmission Project to be located in Indiana and Kentucky. The competitive process for Duff-Coleman was the first conducted byContinue Reading

PSC Approves Big Rivers Power Supply Contract with KyMEA

HENDERSON, Ky. (Dec. 12, 2016) – Big Rivers Electric Corporation is proud to announce the Kentucky Public Service Commission’s (PSC) approval of a ten-year power supply contract with the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KyMEA). Under the agreement signed earlier this year, Big Rivers will provide 100 megawatts (MW) beginning in June of 2019. The supplyContinue Reading