Overhead Distribution

Typically 35 kV to 1.4 kV, distribution systems take power from the bulk system to deliver to individual customers via overhead lines.

Highlights

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Transmission Reliability

Success Down South: Entergy Mississippi's Reliability Wins

July 16, 2024
The utility is delivering power more reliably than in the past, and simultaneously investing in an ever stronger grid.
Photo by Con Edison.
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.
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Podcasts

New Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: Mutual Aid Without a Storm

Feb. 23, 2024
This audio story showcases an article about the Light Up Navajo project from the 2023 T&D World Lineworker Supplement.
Photo by NorthWestern Energy.
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Overhead Transmission

In Photos: Keeping Birds and the Power Grid Safe from One Another

Dec. 15, 2023
Nesting, hunting, flying, perching, and yes even excreting waste are all natural bird pastimes that, when they occur at the wrong place and the wrong time, can be deadly to the...
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Overhead Distribution

NESC Progresses Power Grid Resiliency

Dec. 12, 2023
The NESC focuses on standards that help to increase worker safety while improving power grid resiliency in overhead utility pole networks.

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Resources

Wildfire Risk Mitigation

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Learn about the tools and practices that minimize power equipment caused fires.
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Overhead Distribution

Wired for Growth: Unveiling Opportunities Amid Challenges in the US

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Rising pressure on the transformer supply chain due to increasing demand has become a matter of great concern for the stakeholders in the industry, which needs to be addressed...
The decanter allows the water to be either discarded if it meets regulatory discharge limits or returned to the pit or another containment area.
The decanter allows the water to be either discarded if it meets regulatory discharge limits or returned to the pit or another containment area.
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Clean Water Filter Device Tackles Oil Spills

Oct. 25, 2024
Baltimore Gas and Electric successfully pilots a device that filters out oil in a hydrocarbon spill, so water can be safely discharged into the environment.
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Smart Utility

DOE Announces Additional $2 Billion To Protect The Grid Against Growing Threats of Extreme Weather, Expand Transmission

Oct. 24, 2024
Thirty-eight projects across 42 states will upgrade more than 950 miles of transmission, increase grid capacity for growing electricity demand, and deliver jobs as part of the...