HARRISBURG — The Energy Association of Pennsylvania (EAP) has officially recognized

11 companies for outstanding safety performance. Safety is of paramount importance to the Energy Association and its member companies.

“We congratulate our members for their continuing commitment to improve safety for their customers and in the workplace,” said Terrance J. Fitzpatrick, president and CEO, EAP. “For three decades, the association and our predecessor organizations have been recognizing companies for their efforts in safety through the EAP’s annual Job Safety Award program.”

The statewide electric and natural gas utility company members of the association’s Accident

Prevention Committee wish to congratulate the following companies as this year’s safety awardwinners.

The Safety Achievement Award recognizes those member companies, each with 100,000 or more hours worked, which reported an exceptionally low incidence rate for calendar year 2021. The following member companies received 2022 Safety Achievement Awards: Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Duquesne Light Company, Penelec and West Penn Power.

The Safety Improvement Award recognizes those member companies, each with 100,000 or more hours worked, which reported an exceptional reduction in incidence rate for calendar year 2021, as compared to calendar year 2020.

Receiving the Safety Improvement Award this year is Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania.

The Safety Performance Certificate recognizes member companies with zero disabling injuries for calendar year 2021, which includes Citizens’ Electric Company, Valley Energy and the Wellsboro Electric Company.

The Safety Sustainability Award recognizes those member companies, each with 100,000 or more hours worked, which reported an exceptionally sustained low incidence rate over calendar years 2019, 2020 and 2021. Winning the 2022 Safety Sustainability Award are Met Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power.

The Safety Sustainability Certificate recognizes those member companies with zero disabling injuries over calendar years 2019, 2020 and 2021. Winning the 2022 Safety Sustainability Certificate are Citizens’ Electric Company and Wellsboro Electric Company.

The Outstanding Motor Vehicle Fleet Safety Award recognizes those member companies with zero motor vehicle accidents for calendar year 2021. Receiving this award in 2022 are Citizens’ Electric Company and Wellsboro Electric Company.

The Motor Vehicle Fleet Safety Improvement Award recognizes those member companies which reported an exceptional reduction in motor vehicle accidents for calendar year 2021, as compared to the calendar year 2020. The winners of this award are National Fuel Gas Distribution, Philadelphia Gas Works and Valley Energy.

The Motor Vehicle Fleet Safety Achievement Award recognizes those member companies, each with more than 2,000,000 miles driven, which reported an exceptionally low Preventable Motor

Vehicle Incident/Accident Rate (PMVAR) for calendar 2021. Receiving the 2022 Motor Vehicle Fleet Safety Achievement Award are National Fuel Gas Distribution, Penelec and West Penn Power.