China Mitigates Lightning Damage
The Chinese power system has tens of thousands of kilometers of optical-fiber composite overhead ground wire (OPGW) that have been in commission since...
A Line Pole Straightens Up
Sometimes a good pole line can go bad, not because of decay or aging but because the soil around the pole just won't hold it up straight. Sandy soil,...
CL&P Energizes 345-kV Line
Connecticut Light and Power Co. (CL&P), part of the Northeast Utilities System, has energized the new Bethel-to-Norwalk 345-kV transmission line. The...
Steel Pole Basic Training
Throughout my 40-year career as a lineman in the transmission and distribution industry, I have seen many new innovations. With these innovations come...
HECO's Mile-Long Cable Pull
In the early morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the clear, quiet blue Hawaiian sky was pierced by the thunderous roar of hundreds of Japanese warplanes crossing...
Linemen Take to the Air
Entergy New Orleans (Louisiana, U.S.) has retained InfraSource Inc. (Media, Pennsylvania, U.S.) to take down the double-circuit 1431 kcmil conductor spanning...
The Ugliest of Uglies
The attendees of the 2005/2006 IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Conference & Exposition certainly know ugly when they see it. In a close vote, the...
Latticed Steel Transmission Tower Testing Still Valuable
BEFORE THE AVAILABILITY OF COMPUTERS USING SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN PROGRAMS, towers were often designed by graphical methods. It was considered...
Pole-Pulling Innovation
A high percentage of the new utility poles that We Energies is installing are going toward replacing existing poles, rather than for new pole lines and...
