Casey Kelley
18-year IBEW member Casey Kelley has joined the Local 1245 staff as a Business Representative. He will be working with members in Outside Line as well as staffing the Local’s peer safety programs.
Brother Kelley’s career started in 1999 as an Outside Line apprentice. He topped out in 2002 and worked as a lineman and line crew foreman until 2008, when he went to work for Sierra Pacific Power (now NV Energy) as a lineman and line crew foreman in the North Lake Tahoe yard. In 2011, Sierra Pacific sold the California part of the company to Liberty Utilities, and Brother Kelley worked as a line crew foreman and general foreman for Liberty from 2011 through 2016.
During his time in outside line, Brother Kelley served as a Shop Steward and Unit Chair, and was also a Shop Steward, Unit Chair and Negotiating Committee member during his tenure at Liberty. He served as a member of Local 1245’s Hold The Pull peer safety committee from 2012-2014, and chaired the Committee from 2014 -2016.
Welcome aboard Brother Kelley!