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    Conversation during a tour in one of the 50Hertz substations and switching stations.
    Figure 1: Hastings, Michigan HDD contractor, Dig-It Inc utility crew installing distribution line in Southwest Michigan.
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    A surveyor peers through a theodolite at an outdoor construction site. Underground obstacles must be considered when burying power lines.
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    CEPCI and Haley & Aldrich coordinated with relevant agencies, such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, to protect coastal seagrass areas during project construction phases.
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    Highlights

    Foot Shaft
    Sept. 3, 2021
    As part of an $11 million project, National Grid built a tunnel beneath the Buffalo River to modernize and improve electricity infrastructure.
    Extensive use of directional drilling equipment helped to accelerate the effort to replace aging overhead lines with underground circuits.
    Aug. 6, 2021
    WEC Energy Group replaces overhead lines with underground circuits, reducing outage minutes by 97% in remote areas of Northern Wisconsin.
    Trenching Sled
    Aug. 4, 2021
    Special underwater trenching sled used for the first time to help bury the new transmission line.
    Cable works underway in Shetland.
    July 21, 2021
    Work to install 10 km of underground cable marks a milestone for the 600-MW Shetland HVDC project.
    Picture Of Tunnel Extension
    June 30, 2021
    The Wisconsin Department of Transportation began a multiyear effort to increase capacity and improve the safety of the interchange. As a result, two of the electric transmission...
    Mountain View Electric Association, cable replacement
    Oct. 6, 2017
    A Colorado utility uses cable rejuvenation after serious residential failures.
    EDM International Inc., Regional Government of Andalucia, Biodiversity Consultant, MME BirdLife
    May 24, 2017
    The installation of cover-up material helps to prevent wildlife from conductor contact.
    Photo courtesy of Air2
    Aeronautics, UAV, aerial imaging
    March 27, 2017
    Utilities are using aerial applications to help improve their bottom line.
    Con Edison infrared underground
    Dec. 21, 2016
    Con Edison uses infrared technology to enhance cable inspections, which result in a safer and more reliable network.