Smarter, Safer, Stronger: How Smart Technologies Are Empowering Power Line Crews

This episode explores how smart grid technologies are revolutionizing the powerline industry, emphasizing safety, efficiency, and the need for worker adaptation in a modernized grid.
Jan. 28, 2026
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The powerline industry is entering a new era, shaped by the rise of smart grid technologies. These tools raise important questions. How will these innovations impact the job and how do line workers adapt to make the work safer and more efficient? In this sponsored episode, Jeff Postelwait (Senior Editor for T&D World magazine) chats with Lea Maurer (Business Development Director at S&C Electric Company) about the push for more reliable, resilient power, and why utilities are turning to new technologies to modernize the grid.  

Episode Guest

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Lea Maurer, Business Development Director
S&C Electric Company

Lea has spent more than 20 years helping to bring automation to the field. She has not only helped customers roll out smart tech, she’s also been hands-on as a field engineer, testing and commissioning equipment and training crews on how to use it.  

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About the Author

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Jeff Postelwait

Managing Editor

Jeff Postelwait is a writer and editor with a background in newspapers and online editing who has been writing about the electric utility industry since 2008. Jeff is senior editor for T&D World magazine and sits on the advisory board of the T&D World Conference and Exhibition. Utility Products, Power Engineering, Powergrid International and Electric Light & Power are some of the other publications in which Jeff's work has been featured. Jeff received his degree in journalism news editing from Oklahoma State University and currently operates out of Oregon.

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