Students Tour Broadway Power Plant during Public Power Week
By Terry Miller
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Bill Pascarella, Power Plant Supervisor, speaks to Blair Middle School 6th grade students at the B-3 Unit at Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) Broadway Power Plant in Pasadena. The tour celebrated Public Power Week, an annual nationwide event sponsored by the American Public Power Association. - Photos by Terry Miller
Last week students from Blair High and area middle schools had the opportunity to see the inside of a working power plant in Pasadena.
The tour is part of a new focus this year for Pasadena Water and Power who is focusing on teenage students with the theme “Careers in Public Power,” due to a declining youth job market, a new power plant construction and the expansion of green jobs in the global economy. 150 local middle school and high school students toured Pasadena’s power plant and learned about jobs in the industry and the future of power.
The tours were held in conjunction with Public Power Week, an annual program of the American Public Power Association, PWP officials as well as Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard participated in the event.
Broadway Power Plant, as it is known, features more than a half-century of power-generation technologies, from mechanical to digital. Students toured the power control rooms and steam cooling towers
Electric vehicles from PWP’s fleet, including BMW Mini-Es which are on test loan to the city, provided students with curious minds to ask numerous questions, including “why aren’t we all driving these electric cars if they help the planet?” as one middle school girl asked.
wardrobe with “Caution” and “Danger” yellow tape.
After the tours, students were treated to lunch and some of the more fashion conscious girls chose this opportunity to accent their wardrobe with “Caution” and “Danger” yellow tape so often seen on our public roads alerting pedestrians and motorists of any potential hazard.
After the tours, some of the more fashion conscious girls chose this opportunity to accent their
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