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    Typically 35 kV to 1.4 kV, distribution systems take power from the bulk system to deliver to individual customers via overhead lines.

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    New Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: Mutual Aid Without a Storm

    Feb. 23, 2024
    This audio story showcases an article about the Light Up Navajo project from the 2023 T&D World Lineworker Supplement.
    Photo by NorthWestern Energy.
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    Overhead Transmission

    In Photos: Keeping Birds and the Power Grid Safe from One Another

    Dec. 15, 2023
    Nesting, hunting, flying, perching, and yes even excreting waste are all natural bird pastimes that, when they occur at the wrong place and the wrong time, can be deadly to the...
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    Overhead Distribution

    NESC Progresses Power Grid Resiliency

    Dec. 12, 2023
    The NESC focuses on standards that help to increase worker safety while improving power grid resiliency in overhead utility pole networks.
    Photo courtesy of Southern California Edison.
    Although utilities have digitized their analog records, the legacy grid data is not always consistent and manual processes are still required. Using machine learning to analyze available data can verify its accuracy and simplify the update process.
    Test and Measurement

    Tracking Decades-Old Power Poles with Machine Learning

    Nov. 1, 2023
    Utilities must organize and make sense of a tremendous tranche of legacy power grid data, but AI may offer answers.
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    Overhead Distribution

    Chelan PUD Commissioners Suggest To Adopt Five-Year Reliability Goal To Reduce Outages

    Oct. 6, 2023
    With new investments, PUD staff recommended a target to reduce outage to an average of 42 to 67 minutes a year time over the next five years.

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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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    Podcasts

    Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: Powering Puerto Rico

    March 22, 2024
    This episode features the third article featured in the 2023 Lineworker Supplement about LUMA's grid modernization projects underway in Puerto Rico .
    Disaster Response

    Great River Energy’s Grid Ready To Operate Through Bitter Cold

    March 14, 2024
    Great River Energy recently changed its circuit breaker operating temperature specification from -40C to -50C for its entire service territory to ensure reliable operation in ...
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    Substations

    Entergy Mississippi Completes New Substation to Boost Electric Reliability

    March 11, 2024
    The substation is a part of a $37 million project, which included building nearly two miles of new transmission lines.
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    Overhead Distribution

    AES Ohio Files Smart Grid Phase 2 Plan With Public Utilities Commission

    Feb. 21, 2024
    The company proposed to invest $682.7 million in capital projects over a 10-year period following the Smart Grid Phase I Plan ending by June 2025 .