In celebration of National Safety Month, we're highlighting Safety Specialist Lance Miner. After applying lockout/tagout* safety procedures for 15 years while working for the Thermal utility, safety became extremely important to Lance. He was thrilled when he was given the opportunity to join the Safety department in September 2018 as a Safety Specialist. Learn more about him below.

This June marks the 25th anniversary of National Safety Month. Due to the pandemic, instead of hosting our traditional Safety Day event, the Health, Safety, and Security department is sending employees weekly messages this month that highlight how safety impacts our four strategic pillars – customer satisfaction, employee engagement, financial integrity, and performance excellence.

At the May Leadership Forum meeting, Ron Sanders, Wastewater Field Operations Supervisor, was named the first quarter Customer Champion for going above and beyond to help a customer solve a problem.

Demonstrating One Company, One Culture, Water Operations and Capital Programs & Engineering employees have recently worked together to complete two significant repairs to water infrastructure.

Citizens Energy Group is sponsoring the Indianapolis Public Library’s 2021 summer reading program, which takes place through the end of July.

Citizens Energy Group was the Youth Activity Center presenting sponsor at the Earth Day Indiana Festival, held Saturday, June 5 at Garfield Park.

Citizens Energy Group has been the title sponsor of the annual Fire, Police & Deputy Sheriff’s Awards since 2012. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, in lieu of a large gathering honoring personnel from all three departments, each department held its own smaller awards ceremony in 2020 and 2021.

Citizens Energy Group teamed up with the Indianapolis Fire Department’s (IFD) recruit firefighters on Saturday, May 15 to clean and repaint 300 Citizens-owned hydrants.

Know someone looking for part-time employment? Citizens is hiring meter readers!

Several employees have recently completed projects and earned Yellow Belt, Advanced Yellow Belt, and Green Belt certifications. Check out our collective continuous improvement progress for Fiscal Year 2021.

Each summer, Citizens Energy Group recognizes employees and their family members who graduate from high school, college, or other secondary education programs.

Many employees working remotely will begin returning to their regular work locations starting on July 6 as a pilot Flexible Work Program is implemented across the company.

Citizens Energy Group recently received the 2020 Legacy Corporate Partner Award from Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity.

Several employees participated in the most recent wellness challenge aimed at slashing the amount of sugar in our diets. Also, find out who was named the April Wellness Champion.

Citizens Energy Group’s DigIndy Art Project is back for its fourth year! We’re teaming up again with Big Car Collaborative, this time to paint a mural on Citizens’ pump station located at 3750 West Washington Street in Indianapolis.

Reducing the amount of air that leaks in and out of your home is a cost-effective way to cut heating and cooling costs, improve durability of HVAC equipment, increase comfort, and create a healthier indoor environment. Here are a few tips to get started:

In this issue, we welcome several new employees, celebrate many who have reached service milestones, and mourn the loss of two retirees.