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Alliant Energy promotes Diggers Hotline Excavator Safety Training

Builders, landscapers, and excavators are encouraged to attend

MADISON, WI. – January 23, 2012– Wisconsin Power and Light Company, an Alliant Energy company, is participating in the Digger’s Hotline 2012 Excavator Safety Awareness Program offered at locations throughout the state. The program will inform and educate those who work outside to learn about calling before you dig and working safely near underground utility systems.

Builders, landscapers and excavators are encouraged to attend. There is no fee to participate and a meal is provided, but attendees must register online at diggershotline.com/Meeting12.html.

Wisconsin Utility Damage Prevention training is on the following dates in February:

Wednesday, Feb. 1 (7 a.m.)
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Wilderness Territory – Glacier Lodge
45 Hillman Rd.

Wednesday, Feb. 1 (5 p.m.)
Juneau, WI
Juneau Community Center
500 Lincoln Dr.

Wednesday, Feb. 8 (5 p.m.)
Kohler, WI
Range Line Inn
170 Range Line Rd.

Thursday, Feb. 16 (7 a.m.)
Fond du Lac, WI
Holiday Inn
625 W. Rolling Meadows Dr.

Thursday, Feb. 16 (5 p.m.)
Oshkosh, WI
La Sure’s Hall
3125 S. Washburn St.

Monday, Feb. 27 (5 p.m.)
Marshfield, WI
Belvedere Supper Club
M329 State Hwy 97

Tuesday, Feb 28 (5 p.m.)
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
The Ridges Golf Course
2311 Griffith Ave.

Thursday, March 1 (6 a.m.)
Tomah, WI
Cranberry Country Lodge
Hwy 21 & 94

More meetings will take place across the state in the following months. The schedule will start off with registration, followed by a meal, presentation and Q & A and door prizes.

There is no fee to participate. Attendees must register online at diggershotline.com/Meeting12.html.

To learn more about Alliant Energy’s pipelines and safety measures, visit alliantenergy.com/pipelinesafety, or call 1-800-257-3645.

 

Media Contact: Justin Foss, (319) 786-4788