Electric Utility Operations

Designed to help field supervisors improve the productivity and safety of their field workforce by focusing on issues related to linemen such as fall protection, storm response and infrastructure upgrades.

Highlights

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Podcasts

New Line Life Podcast: Working as a Troubleman In the Pacific Northwest

March 20, 2025
This episode features Jon Backman, an IBEW journeyman lineworker, troubleman for Puget Sound Energy and founder of Making Connections LLC.
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New Line Life Podcast: Harnessing the Power of AI for Inspections

March 14, 2025
This audio story explores how NYPA is streamlining its maintenance program with AI technology to detect anomalies and prioritize tasks in the field.
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New Line Life Podcast: Working Underground in Chicago

March 7, 2025
For Part 8 of our Faces of the Future series, we are featuring Luis Gutierrez, an underground apprentice for ComEd in Chicago.
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Line Life Podcast Episode: The Rise of Tech in UVM

Feb. 27, 2025
This episode explores the role of artificial intelligence and virtual and augmented reality in utility vegetation management and the electric utility industry.
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New Line Life Podcast: Brian Lozano of Midwest Energy

Feb. 21, 2025
The journeyman lineworker, who competed for the first time at the 2024 International Lineman's Rodeo, works on the line in Hays, Kansas.

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Line Life Podcasts

Jan. 18, 2024
Line Life podcast episodes air every Friday, covering everything and anything linework, available on Podbean.
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Electric Utility Operations

Equipotential Zones: The Importance of Choosing an Engineered EPZ Solution

March 17, 2025
Galvanized steel EPZ grounding grates offer maximum durability and reliability when creating a safe work area for ground crews
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Electric Utility Operations

PALFINGER Expands Bucket Truck Portfolio with New Cable Placer

March 17, 2025
Designed to meet the growing demand for fiber installation, the PB 38 AT P cable placer offers flexible platform stowage, 43 ft. of working height and 27 ft of side reach.
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Electric Utility Operations

ComEd Celebrates 54 New Lineworkers Completing Apprenticeship Program

March 17, 2025
The class finished more than two years of training in ComEd's overhead electrical apprenticeship program.
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Electric Utility Operations

JCP&L Initiates Overhead and Underground Electrical Upgrades in Northern New Jersey

March 17, 2025
The $5.1 million project is part of JCP&L's New Jersey Reliability Improvement Project.