For the third consecutive time, Gaffney Board of Public Works has earned a Platinum Level Reliable Public Power Provider (RP₃)^® designation from the American Public Power Association for providing reliable and safe electric service.   The RP₃ designation, which lasts for three years, recognizes public power utilities that demonstrate proficiency in four key disciplines: reliability, safety, workforce development, and system improvement. Criteria include sound business practices and a utility-wide commitment to safe and reliable delivery of electricity. Board of Public Works joins more than 275 public power utilities nationwide that hold the RP₃ designation.  “Receiving an RP₃ designation is a great honor and demonstrates a utility’s commitment to implementing industry best practices in utility operations,” says Aaron Haderle, Chair of the Association’s RP₃ Review Panel and Manager of Transmission and Distribution Operations at ‎Kissimmee Utility Authority, Florida. “RP₃ utilities are consistently looking to improve their workforce, system reliability, and safety to serve their communities better.”   “This is a great honor,” said Donnie Hardin, BPW General Manager. “We take a lot of pride in the work we do to power our community. We have a very dedicated and hard-working electrical crew, and it’s nice to be recognized as among the ‘best of the best’ on a national level.”