PIC Employees Honored for Safety Efforts

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 14, 2010) - PIC employees working at Louisville Gas and Electric Company’s Mill Creek Station received the Governor’s Safety and Health Award today for working more than 289,000 labor hours - over five years - without a lost-time injury or illness. 

“It was an honor to be at the Mill Creek facility today.  This achievement reflects the efforts of each individual employee as well as the combined effort of the entire team,” said Beverley Rodgers, Director of Environmental Health and Safety at PIC.  “This award reinforces PIC’s commitment to workplace safety and health excellence.”

The Governor’s Safety and Health award recognizes organizations that have accomplished a certain number of labor hours without a lost-time incident.  Presented annually by the Kentucky Labor Cabinet, this award promotes safety and health awareness in the workplace as well as encourages further safety and health program development.

“Achieving this milestone reinforces our commitment to the safety of our entire workforce,” said Ralph Bowling, Vice President of Power Production for E.ON U.S., parent of LG&E.  “With PIC, we have a great partner in safety and appreciate their shared dedication to the well-being of every employee and customer.”

Mill Creek Station is a coal-fired generating facility located in southwestern Louisville, Ky.  The plant, which began commercial operation in 1972, has a net summer capacity of 1,480 megawatts.  PIC has provided maintenance and auxilliary outage support to Mill Creek Station since 2005.

E.ON U.S., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is a subsidiary of E.ON, the world’s largest investor-owned energy services provider.  E.ON U.S. is a diversified energy services company that owns and operated Louisville Gas and Electric Company, a regulated utility that serves 321,000 natural gas and 396,000 electric customers in Louisville and 16 surrounding counties, and Kentucky Utilities Company, a regulated electric utility in Lexington, Ky., that serves 545,000 customers in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties in Virginia.