Ameren Energy Resources will cut 42 jobs in Illinois. Most of the layoffs will go into effect in September, with the rest shown the door next March. The layoffs target workers in the generation technical services group. Ameren Corporation was created in 1997 by the merger of Missouri’s Union Electric Company and the neighboring Central Illinois Public [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 12, 2009
Public electrical utility Seattle City Light is using $750,000 in Federal stimulus funds for an energy savings program, creating eight new jobs. The Quick Lighting Upgrade Initiative encourages businesses to switch to energy-saving lighting. The utility is hiring six part-time assistant energy management analysts, who will inspect commercial buildings; a full-time contract administrator, and a full-time program [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 12, 2009
Advanced Energy Industries, a producer of electricity converters, will slash its work force by 22% and cut salaries of management and executive officers. The company is reducing its global work force by 330 people. It will cut the salaries of management and executive officers by 15% overall, effective April 1st. Advanced Energy develops power and control technologies [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 8, 2009
Square D has announced another round of layoffs at its Lincoln, Nebraska plant. Schneider Electric, the French company that owns Square D, says 22 people will be laid off, effective tomorrow. The company cited the economy as the reason for the staffing cuts. Square D cut 31 jobs at the plant in January. The plant manufactures circuit breakers. Schneider [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 24, 2009
PPL, formerly Pennsylvania Power & Light, is cutting 6% of its nonunion work force, or about 200 jobs. CEO James Miller says the reduction is necessary due to “ongoing financial pressures” resulting from the recession. Miller adds the decisions “were made in the most equitable way possible based on the business needs” of PPL’s operations. He is [...]
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
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