During the 18th annual National LAMPAC meeting on March 4, U.S. Representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) received the John D. Dingell Award in recognition of their bipartisan work to recognize July 10 as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.

Named for one of the longest-serving members of Congress, the John D. Dingell Award is presented to leaders who exemplify and promote labor-management cooperation and whose efforts have helped to advance the common objectives of the electric power industry and IBEW members. Former Representative Dingell chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee for many years and amassed an impressive record of bipartisan accomplishments on a wide range of issues, many of which focused on labor-management collaboration.

Read more in EEI’s press release.

Separately, EEI and IBEW presented the Edwin D. Hill Award to IBEW Utility Department Director Donnie Colston for his four decades of service and leadership in IBEW and IBEW Local 2100, and to San Diego Gas & Electric and IBEW Local 465 for their efforts to educate their community about state and local initiatives.