Register for July's Town Hall!
What makes a one call law fair & effective?
Laws without enforcement are just guidelines. Enforcement of one call laws varies dramatically from state to state, as do opinions on what works and what is fair to all stakeholders. In this Town Hall, the goal is to talk about what works, and why, and what doesn’t work, or is unfair. This will be a great opportunity gather opinions from every stakeholder group in a variety of states. All the ideas and opinions will be posted on the ESA site and covered in an article in the dp-PRO magazine.
Moderator: Tracey Bryant, Public Awareness Program Manager, CenterPoint Energy
July 14, 2022 || 10:30 AM CST
Panelists
Steve Allen
Executive Director of Pipeline Safety, Energy Worldnet
Louis Panzer
Executive Officer, North Carolina 811
M.G. Govia
Education & Outreach Liason, Oklahoma One-Call System, Inc
Shannon Neufeld
Technical Leader, Damage Prevention
Kurt Youngs
President, Youngs Excavating Inc
Jerry Cobenais
Operations Manager, Xcel Energy
Josh Richard
Locator, Xcel Energy
Future Town Halls
August: How can we get more women involved in damage prevention, excavation safety & construction?
September: What are the best practices for preventing damage to electric cables above and below ground?
October: What role can Utility Coordinating Councils play in damage prevention and excavation safety?
Watch Previous ESA Town Halls & Webinars
THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL & THE DAMAGE PREVENTION INDUSTRY
June 2022
HOW CAN SUE AND ACCURATE MAPS BE USED TO REDUCE BOTH DAMAGES AND COSTS?
May 2022
INAUGURAL TOWN HALL: LATE LOCATES - PARTNERING WITH NOTIFICATION CENTERS
April 2022
What is an ESA Town Hall?
Safety Alliance (ESA) virtual Town Halls are an open forum for all stakeholders to discuss concerns and present potential solutions to improve damage prevention and excavation safety. The ESA Town Halls are free to attend and are open to anyone.
The goal of each ESA Town Hall is to provide a forum for open discussion on key industry topics and to be a place where anyone can suggest solutions or improvements. There is rarely one solution that will work for everyone, but often someone has a solution that will work for others. While outlining the problems and causes is an important fi rst step, the goal of the ESA Town Halls is to end up focused on solutions and improvements.
Each ESA Town Hall will have a moderator and a panel. As a Town Hall these will be heavily weighted towards questions and comments from the virtual audience. At the end of each Town Hall there will be a short survey asking participants if there should be follow-up meetings on this topic to keep discussing solution ideas.
A summary of each Town Hall will appear in the dp-PRO magazine. Each Town Hall will also be recorded and available on the ESA website.
