Overhead Distribution
Delhi International Airport Commissions $77-Million Power Order
ABB has won an order of $77-million for design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of electrical products and systems for the new Terminal 3 (T3) building at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India. ...
USDA Awards $1.4 Billion in Electric Loans
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has announced $1.4 billion in loans to build new distribution lines and make system improvements for more than 73,413 new customers and finance the construction and repair of 6,206 miles of distribution line. ...
Severe Storm Hits Oncor’s Service Area
A major storm moved through Oncor’s service area yesterday, leaving downed power lines and power outages in its wake. ...
Eliminating Tree-Caused Outages
In an effort to eliminate less-predictable outages, PG&E has embarked on a five-year journey, with annual milestones, to reduce the vegetation-related...
NIPSCO Contracts with ArborMetrics
ArborMetrics Solutions Inc. (Hendersonville, North Carolina, U.S.) was recently selected to provide both transmission and distribution vegetation management...
Progress Amid Chaos
The Iraq Ministry of Electricity Administered the Country's Generation, transmission and distribution before the 1980s by building all major projects...
PG&E Redesigns The Cost Equation
We are Taking a Very Good Program to a Completely Different Level. You can't get where we're going until you've been where we've been. That statement...
U.S. DOE to Fund Zero-Energy District
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the city of Fort Collins, Colorado, and a diverse group of partners a US$6.3 million grant to fund the first...
Utilities Restore Power Following April Prairie Fire
Wooden utility poles burned down to the ground in a recent prairie fire in Colorado. What started as a controlled burn on a farmstead escalated into a...
FPL Tests Its Readiness for Storm Season with 'Hurricane Beta'
It’s been almost two and half years since Hurricane Wilma made landfall, the last of seven storms to hit Florida Power & Light Co.’s service territory in a 15 month period. ...
APPA Awards 88 Utilities for Safety Practices
Eighty-eight public power systems have earned the American Public Power Association’s Electric Utility Safety Award for safe operating practices in 2007....
Joel Jackson
Born in 1963 in San Antonio, Texas. Married for nine years to Susan. He has two children, Blake and Matt, and she has three children, Michal, Sydney and...
Laser Device Detects Trees that Pose Threat
Vermont Electric Power Co.'s (VELCO, Rutland, Vermont) right-of-way team used to depend on our crew's years of experience to estimate tree heights. With...
In Safe Hands
Mike Madrigal Signs His E-Mails with a Simple Message: Live Safe. A certified safety and training specialist for Kansas City Power & Light (KCP Kansas...
Cutting-Edge LiDAR Exposes Clearances
It Began in the Summer of 2007 as an Effort to Comply with NERC Rules regarding vegetation management of transmission. Instead of simply complying with...
Electric Linemen to Compete in Lineman's Rodeo in Georgia
Approximately 200 electric linemen throughout Georgia will display their unique skills during the 14th annual Georgia Lineman's Rodeo, on May 3 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry. ...
Kentucky Legislative Report Spotlights EPRI-GTC Method for Studying High-voltage Power Line Locations
A Kentucky legislative committee released a report last week calling the EPRI-GTC Transmission Line Siting Methodology the “best known” approach to “systematically identify transmission routes that have the least impact on surrounding landscapes...
Trimming Challenges of Remote Vegetation
Utility linemen often work outside in inclement weather conditions and at a considerable height above the ground. At times, they also face another challenge:...
Ergonomics Advances Work Safety in the Field
Today's linemen often start off in the field as strong, healthy workers. Over time, due to the repetitive nature of the job, their bodies wear out and...
Solid-Dielectric ACR Installation Improves Distribution Network Reliability
With the increase in demand for high-reliability power supply to Fiji Electricity Authority's (FEA) customer base, FEA purchased an initial 20 OSM Recloser...
Modulized Distribution Comes to Sweden
Customer Demands and Expectations for Quality and Security Improvements of electricity supplies have accelerated in recent years, increasing faster than...
Hardening Utility Lines?
The 2005 Hurricane Season was Possibly the Most Active Atlantic Hurricane Season on Record, with a total of 28 storms, 15 hurricanes and 7 major hurricanes....
Stacy MacFadden
Born in 1968 in Fayetteville, North Carolina Married for three years to his wife, Lynnette, and has three children: Chase, Trenton and Noni. Enjoys riding...
Protect Linemen from Arc-Flash Hazards
Linemen who work in both overhead and underground installations are at risk for arc-flash hazards. While arc flashes are a rare occurrence, when they...
Hong Kong Continues to Modernize, Expand Distribution Network
After completion of its first supply system expansion project in Hong Kong, Siemens Energy has now received a follow-up order from China Light and Power, the largest power supply company in Hong Kong. ...
