By Ally Lanasa, Staff Writer

(Nov. 12, 2020) Berlin’s Electric Utility Director Tim Lawrence has again won awards from American Municipal Power Inc.

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Mayor Zackery Tyndall, right, presents Berlin’s Electric Utility Director Tim Lawrence with two awards from American Municipal Power, Inc., including an Electric Safety Award for no reported injuries in 2020 with 16,640 reported work hours.

Lawrence was presented the Electric Safety Award during the Berlin Mayor and Council meeting on Monday.

“This is the third year that Tim and his group have received the Electric Safety Award,” Mayor Tyndall said. “We’re talking about 16,640 reported work hours with no reported injuries in 2020.”

The award is for the transmission and distribution side of the electric utility department.

Lawrence also received an award for the upgrade to a natural gas engine from the diesel generator at the Berlin Power Plant on William Street.

“The new generator will save the taxpayers approximately $200,000 annually, reduce our carbon emissions, which means 30 percent less carbon dioxide being emitted in the environment when compared to our diesel generator,” Tyndall said. “There’s some less maintenance, and they’re much more efficient.”

Lawrence said that project took about 15 months.