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    New Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: Reflecting on a Tragic Night and Resilient Recovery

    May 10, 2024
    In this audio story, Marty T. Ivy, general superintendent, shares how Mayfield Electric & Water Systems navigated devastation and outages in the aftermath of a fatal tornado in...
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    Texas’ Long Road to Reliability

    April 1, 2024
    Texas has emerged from two winter storms in the three years since Uri with no major issues, but recommended reliability plans are still not fully implemented.
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    Electric Service Restored in Donetsk, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk After Russian Shelling

    March 8, 2024
    Power has been restored to 426,000 families in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions and in the city of Kyiv.
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    Making Sure Gas and Electricity Play Nice: RTOs Discuss Power Grid Vulnerabilities

    Feb. 21, 2024
    With so much of the power grid’s reliability tied up in the steady supply of natural gas, regional transmission operators say the power grid and the gas sector must be thought...
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    Duke Energy Florida Restores 98% of Customers 12 Hours After Nicole Exited the State

    Nov. 14, 2022
    As of noon, Duke Energy Florida has restored power to more than 287,000 customers, with less than 5,000 customers without power due to the storm.

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    Wildfire Risk Mitigation

    Feb. 16, 2022
    Learn about the tools and practices that minimize power equipment caused fires.
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    Disaster Response

    High Winds Cause Significant Damage to SMUD Grid

    Feb. 5, 2024
    At the height of the storm, damage caused power interruptions to 200,000 customers.
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    FPL Recognized For Restoration Efforts Following Hurricane Idalia In Florida

    Jan. 31, 2024
    FPL crew of 12,000 men and women from Florida and 16 other states worked throughout to restore power to nearly 200,000 customers.
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    Western Power Re-Energizes Storm-Affected Transmission Feeder Line

    Jan. 30, 2024
    The engineers and crews installed 12, 32-meter-high steel poles along the 2.5 km work site in place of the five damaged towers.
    Disaster Response

    Public Service Company of Oklahoma Recognized For Restoring Power after June Windstorm

    Jan. 25, 2024
    PSO marshalled more than 4,100 lineworkers, foresters and field support workers to respond to the outage.