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W E D E V E L O P A N D T R A I N O U R W O R K F O R C E Fo c u sing on wor k forc e d eve lop m e nt e n ab l e s u s to c re ate a m ore inc lu si ve wor k p l a c e w hil e e l evat ing lo c al c ommuni t ie s . To g et h e r w i t h N or t h A m e r ic a 's Buil ding Tra d e s Unions ( N A BT U ), A l ab am a Powe r h as b rou ght A p p re nt ic e Re a dine s s Pro gram s ( A RPs) to A l ab am a , p re p ar ing lo c al re sid e nt s – p ar t ic ul ar l y t h o se f rom und e r re p re se nte d c ommuni t ie s and t ransi t ioning vete rans – for re gis te re d buil ding t ra d e ap p re nt ic e ship p ro gram s . A RPs gi ve s t u d e nt s h and s - on t raining and e du c at ion al se r v ic e s – d eve loping p lumb e r s , e l e c t r ic ians , ironwor ke r s and ot h e r sk ill e d p rofe s sion als , w hil e sup p or t ing e c onomic grow t h and p rov iding c ont ra c t wor ke r s for c omp anie s inc lu ding A l ab am a Powe r. In 2 0 19, N A BT U se l e c te d A l ab am a Powe r C EO M ar k C ro s sw hi te as sp oke sp e r son for i t s up c oming n at ion al c amp aign , to p rom ote wor k forc e d eve lop m e nt t hrou gh A RPs in lo c al c ommuni t ie s . T h e c amp aign was unve il e d at a re c e pt ion in Washing ton D.C . , in c o ordin at ion w i t h t h e C ongre s sion al B l a c k C au c u s A nnu al Le gisl at i ve C onfe re nc e . W E T R A I N F O R T O M O R R O W In 2 0 19, we p ar t ne re d w i t h Bish op St ate C ommuni t y C o ll e g e to l aunc h a line m an t raining p ro gram . T his ef for t to c re ate a wor k forc e pip e line of di ve r se p e r sp e c t i ve s is b r inging new te c hnic al t raining to sou t h A l ab am a , p re p ar ing p ar t ic ip ant s for g o o d , s afe job s in t h e indu s t r y. In O c tob e r, t h e c omp any h e l d t h e grand op e ning for t h e Sub s t at ion and G e ne ral S h op s Training C e nte r. T his 1 0,0 0 0 - squ are - fo ot , s t ate - of- t h e - ar t fa c ili t y is an a d di t ion to t h e Var nons Training C e nte r, and p rov id e s t raine e s h and s - on ex p e r ie nc e in sub s t at ion c ons t r u c t ion , m ainte n anc e and re p air, and t h e fab r ic at ion sk ills to ke e p t h e c omp any 's dis t r ibu t ion and t ransmis sion e quip m e nt r unning we ll . 5 0 B i s h o p S t a t e l i n e m a n t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m Av e r y P r u i t t , L a b o r R e l a t i o n s m a n a g e r, J i l l S t o r k , d i v i s i o n a r e a m a n a g e r, a n d R o g e r M a r b u t t , P o w e r D e l i ve r y t r a i n i n g a n d s u p p o r t d i re c t o r, a t t h e Powe r i n g P a r t n e r s h i p s e v e n t i n Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 5 0