AEP Selects B-PLC
American Electric Power will use Amperion's Broadband Power Line Carrier (B-PLC) technology as a replacement strategy for aging pilot wire technology...
Flood Washes Away T&D Structures in Vermont
Normally when a severe storm hits Vermont, strong winds knock down thousands of trees or ice coats power lines. In August, however, Mother Nature drenched...
Jersey Central Power & Light Holds Hurricane Irene Emergency Response Summits with Elected Officials and Emergency Responders
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, Jersey Central Power & Light and members of the New Jersey League of Municipalities held Emergency Response Summit meetings in Morristown and Tinton Falls to discuss steps that could be taken to enhance communications between the company, elected officials and emergency responders if another large-scale weather event affects the state. ...
ComEd to Host Utilities' Best Practices Conference on Storm Response
As part of ComEd's ongoing efforts to enhance its storm restoration process, the company will host a best practices roundtable discussion Thursday and Friday in Oak Brook, to learn from the solutions that have proven effective for other utilities....
Companies Shortlisted in UK Pylon Design Competition
A design submitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects/Department of Energy & Climate Change/National Grid Pylon Design Competition by engineering consultancy firms ESB International & Roughan O’Donovan and architecture practice Knight Architects is one of six shortlisted out of a total of 250 entries to the competition, the UK Secretary of State, Chris Huhne announced today....
Dominion On Track to Complete Hurricane Irene Restoration Effort
Dominion Virginia Power crews are working on the last remaining reported outages from Hurricane Irene. ...
North Carolina's Tideland EMC Nearing Finish Line
An email from a long time Tideland EMC member gives bleak testimony to the damages Hurricane Irene inflicted on the electric co-op's territory:...
Central Maine Power Reports 12,000 Outages Remaining
Central Maine Power Co. reported 12,000 customers without power as of noon today. ...
Social Media Connects Linemen
When you ride in an airplane, you never know who you are going to sit next to. Case in point: One time, on the way home from a business trip, I took a...
Peer-to-Peer Accountability: Speaking Up
When you work in the utility industry and lose a close friend and coworker, it is an experience you will never forget. Years ago, I remember when two...
Aerial Linemen Maintain Hydro One's Lines
Since 1949, linemen have relied on helicopters to inspect and maintain the transmission and distribution system for Hydro One, formerly Ontario Hydro....
Life in the Balance
Christopher Root calls it, The worst day of my professional life ever and by far. It was 2001, early January. While many people were still nursing their...
Embrace the Force
In the Star Wars movies, Obi-Wan Kenobi encourages Luke Skywalker to develop the skills necessary to battle the dark side: embrace the force. In the power...
A Spring Storm Stampede
Spring 2011 may go down as the year storms reached biblical proportions. From upstate New York, south to Florida and across the Midwest, the weather exploded...
Training for the Future
A crisis is brewing for utilities and companies seeking to equip the next generation of linemen. By 2016, an estimated 50,000 new linemen will need to...
Georgia Cooperatives Send Line Crews to North Carolina and Maryland
Personnel from many electric membership corporations (EMCs) in Georgia are headed to North Carolina and Maryland to help those states’ electric co-ops restore power to areas hardest hit by Hurricane Irene. ...
NC Electric Cooperatives Restore Power to 118,000
North Carolina’s electric co-ops have made significant progress in power restoration, reconnecting 118,000 households since Hurricane Irene knocked out power to 152,000 members in eastern North Carolina. ...
Progress Energy Tripling Crews to Respond to Hurricane Irene Outages
Progress Energy Carolinas is tripling its normal complement of line workers and tree crews in advance of massive and powerful Hurricane Irene, which is expected to make landfall around Cape Lookout Saturday. ...
North Carolina Electric Co-ops Cast Eye Toward Hurricane Irene
North Carolina's electric cooperative officials are monitoring Hurricane Irene, which is currently gaining strength off the Atlantic coast and has strengthened overnight to a category 3 storm....
Linemen Reach New Heights With Air Reach Seat
California linemen often face environmental restrictions governing the land and the wildlife. From the native grasses and elderberry trees to the frogs,...
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