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Nueva Renca in Andes replicates and installs fogging technology
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Brian Miller profiled in Profile magazine

 

Brian Miller, AES General Counsel and EVP, was recently interviewed by Profile magazine to share his insights about his role as General Counsel, how we live our Values and how sustainability contributes to our growth. Brian began his career at AES in 2001 where he was able to immediately apply and grow his legal, business and industry experience. He refers to his early years as being in a "difficult place at the right time" as AES was growing into its role as a leading global power company. Brian also discussed how our Values are foundational and how AES people all around the world share a common set of values that guide our decision-making. Finally, Brian shared how we work to ensure a sustainable future for our businesses as well as the diverse communities in which we operate-a sustainable social, economic, and environmental future.
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Monthly Cybersecurity Message from Scott Goodhart

 

If you found a random USB drive on the floor in your office or parking garage, would you pick it up and plug it in to your computer? The US Department of Homeland Security recently conducted a test where staffers secretly dropped USB flash drives in the parking lots of government buildings and private contractors to determine how difficult it would be for hackers to gain access to computer systems. Of those who picked the drives up, a staggering 60% plugged them into office computers. If the drive had an official logo, 90% were installed.

BEHIND THE MWs
   

Nueva Renca in Andes replicates and installs fogging technology

In 2015, we must focus on near term replicable opportunities for growth. The optimal project typically has the following characteristics: near-term PTC, replicability, platform-based and aligned with market and industry trends. Nueva Renca, located in Chile and part of the Andes SBU, took this approach by replicating and installing a new fogging system. So far, with temperatures of 27 degrees Celsius, the plant achieved 11 MW of additional capacity for a plant with a total output of 320 MW. The total investment was US $780K but the team expects to capture US $300K of margin in 2015 alone. Starting in 2016, the team expects to deliver $450K of benefits per year.
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AES Brazil receives 2015 Latin America Counsel award

 

The AES Brazil legal team received a 2015 Latin America Counsel Award from the International Law Office (ILO). AES Brazil won in the general commercial category competing against other strong legal teams including Philips, Unilever, Camargo Corrêa and Leroy Merlin. As the Latin America winner, the team will compete in the same category at the Global American Counsel Awards which will be held later this year in New York.

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Meet AES Brazil's 2014 Best of the Year Awards winners

 

After last years' Spark 14 meeting and as a result of their culture action plan, AES Brazil created the Best of The Year Awards. These awards recognizes AES Brazil people for their commitment to our Values, contributing to positive business results and successfully delivering on our mission of improving lives by safely providing affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions in the markets in which we serve.

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APEX project: Reducing Losses during Plant Start-up

  

At this year's 2014 APEX Global Awards, 15 projects were presented as examples of successful performance excellence projects across the company. One of the projects presented included, Reducing Losses during Plant Start-up, from AES Europe. The Amman East plant in Jordan is designed to be a base load, continual running power plant. Due to an interruption of Egyptian gas supply, all power plants in Jordan are now forced to run on fuel oil. In order to manage fuel oil quantity in the power sector, the offtaker cycles (startup and shutdown) the plant on a daily basis.

ALWAYS ON FOR SAFETY 
     

Francisco Jaque is Always On for Safety

 

Francisco Jaque is the Occupational Safety and Health Leader at Complejo Costa, Ventanas located in Chile and part of the Andes SBU. Francisco knows that being Always On includes looking out for others and helping them prevent incidents. Earlier this year, he was recognized for his work on a major maintenance project of Unit 2 of Ventanas. The maintenance project was completed with no lost time incidents to report. During the same period, he performed the activities required by the AES Gener Safety Management Unit, completing his work successfully on both assignments. Also, his location obtained positive results in their last audit. All of this was achieved because of Francisco and his team's commitment to safety.
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