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The sunrise comes up on the Rodeo grounds during the 2022 competition.
Electric Utility Operations

Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence and Safety: The International Lineman's Rodeo Grows from Humble Beginnings to a Global Event

Sept. 6, 2024
Over the last four decades, lineworkers and their families have come together to celebrate the line trade at the International Lineman’s Rodeo.

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Overhead or Underground?

June 4, 2024
The debate continues surrounding the choice between overhead and underground T&D lines.
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Donald Boyd (left), SCE groundman and 2023 Lineworker Scholarship recipient, and Nathan A. Griffith (right), SCE lineworker, prepare materials to build a crossarm in West Hollywood, California.
Utility Business

Expanding Diversity in the Lineworker Pipeline

Sept. 4, 2024
The first part of our DEI series takes us to California, where Edison International launched a Lineworker Scholarship Program to drive diversity in the line trade.
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Are Data Centers The Grid’s Next Crisis?

Sept. 3, 2024
Big-data handling has become a trending issue for the power delivery industry. This hot topic is demanding attention with its ever increasing numbers of data centers coming online...
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Construction begins at the SunZia Transmission Project in Corona, New Mexico.
Overhead Transmission

Long-Awaited SunZia to Transmit Wind Power

Aug. 27, 2024
At ±525 kV and 3000 MW, the historic transmission project will raise the ceiling on long-distance high-voltage voltage source converter transmission.

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