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Safety Benchmarking

Comparing safety practice and outcomes across members to raise the floor, and keep it rising.

Safety outcomes compared on common terms, to raise the floor for every crew.

15+ member companies at the table
Areas of focus

Sharing the practices that keep crews safe.

No utility wants to learn a safety lesson the hard way. This subcommittee makes sure members learn from each other’s incidents and programs instead.

Safety Benchmarking is an operational benchmarking forum for work methods, procedures, training, tools, technology, and culture that reduce occupational health and safety risk – coordinating in-depth peer reviews of member safety programs and moving significant-incident information quickly across the network.

Occupational SafetyPeer Program ReviewsIncident SharingSafety Culture
Who it is for

Safety directors, program leads, and operations safety professionals.

Why get involved

Leadership

Who leads it.

Cliff Williams
Chair

Cliff Williams

VP of Safety, Training, and Fleet Operations
Eversource
Vinnie Massey
1st Vice Chair

Vinnie Massey

Manager of T&D Safety
Arizona Public Service
Tim Walter
2nd Vice Chair

Tim Walter

Senior Director, Safety & Training
Oncor
LS
Secretary

Laura Siena

Eversource
Josh Goutermont
Executive Sponsor

Josh Goutermont

Vice President, Grid Operations
Minnesota Power
Ron Shepherd
Past Chair

Ron Shepherd

Senior Director, Field Operations
PPL EU
How it works

Cadence and what's next.

How it meets

Meets in person twice a year, spring and fall, plus monthly virtual sessions.

What's next

Fall meeting October 6 to 7, 2026 in Westwood, Massachusetts.

Resources
2025 Safety best practices white paper → Fall 2026 meeting details → Member Portal → Meeting documents, whitepapers & benchmarking →

Put your team in the room.

A single utility membership lets your people join any committee or subcommittee, with no per-seat limit.

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