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    Podcasts

    Line Life Podcast: Hurricane Helene: Voices from the Field

    Oct. 11, 2024
    Listen to lineworkers and field managers for Duke Energy share their experiences with the Hurricane Helene restoration.
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    Electric Utility Operations

    Hurricane Francine: Expediting Power Restoration to the Gulf Coast

    Sept. 17, 2024
    This photo gallery showcases how Entergy's crews, contractors and mutual aid workers leveraged specialized equipment and technology to restore power quickly to the impacted communities...
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    Disaster Response

    Backlash from Beryl: CenterPoint Faces Scrutiny but Restores Power in Record Time

    July 25, 2024
    Any time a weather disaster hits the U.S, causing catastrophic damage and power outages, we see scrutiny of the utility response.
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    Transmission Reliability

    Con Edison's Key Considerations For Utility Resilience Planning

    June 3, 2024
    Con Edison’s resilience plan is meant to prevent and mitigate outages, protect public safety, and reduce customer impacts and inconvenience.
    Podcasts

    Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: Reflecting on a Tragic Night and Resilient Recovery

    May 10, 2024
    In this audio story, Marty T. Ivy, general superintendent, shares how Mayfield Electric & Water Systems navigated devastation and outages in the aftermath of a fatal tornado in...

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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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    Transmission Reliability

    CenterPoint Energy Provides Update on Phase 2 of Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative

    Nov. 21, 2024
    CenterPoint will install 4,500 automated reliability devices and establish a network of 100 new weather monitoring stations as part of the second phase of GHRI.
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    Disaster Response

    AFL Donates $1 Million to Support Hurricane Helene Relief and Recovery Efforts

    Nov. 18, 2024
    Samaritan's Purse, a disaster relief organization actively working on the ground, will use the funds to deliver essential supplies and support rebuilding initiatives.
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    Disaster Response

    CenterPoint Energy Completes 42 Post-Beryl Commitments Under Phase 1 of Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative

    Nov. 18, 2024
    Phase Two includes an additional suite of new hardening actions to help strengthen system resiliency, improve customer and public communications and develop emergency response...
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    Electric Utility Operations

    Self-Healing Technology Helps Duke Energy to Expedite Restoration During Back-to-Back Hurricanes

    Nov. 14, 2024
    Smart, self-healing systems in Florida helped save more than 300 million minutes of total lost outage time during Hurricane Milton and Helene.