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Grounds and Jumpers: What’s the Difference?

At first blush, ground sets and jumper sets appear nearly identical. It is a length of insulated cable with a clamp on each end, and both grounds and jumpers are intended to create a temporary path for electrical current to flow outside of the regular path. However,...

Must Have Winter Gear for Linemen

The frost on my windshield this morning is a cruel reminder that the cold months are here, and if you are or have ever been a member of a line crew, worked as a linemen or known a linemen or thought about a linemen or used electricity, it is time to think about winter...

Stocking Stuffers for the Lineman in Your Life

Peaceful. Joyful. Restful. These are words most people want to associate with the Christmas season, but the reality is that "busy", "stressful", and "chaotic" are often a more accurate description. Between arranging family get togethers around Christmas programs and...

NIPSCO to supply 3 GW to Amazon data centers in northern Indiana

Northern Indiana Public Service Co. and an affiliate expect to spend about $7 billion on 2.6 GW of gas, 400 MW of storage and transmission — to be paid for by Amazon. A Northern Indiana Public Service Co. affiliate — called NIPSCO Generation, or GenCo — plans to build...

Thank You, Linemen

The fields around Tallman Equipment headquarters have gone from green to golden and now to bare. The harvesters have come and gone. The farmers around us are finishing up with the last of their crops, and the silos and grain bins are bursting at the seams. The dust is...

Duke Energy marks Veterans Day with nearly $50,000 in grants to support Hoosier veterans and their families

PLAINFIELD, Ind. – In honor of Veterans Day, the Duke Energy Foundation today announced nearly $50,000 in grants to 10 Indiana organizations that serve veterans and military families. The funding will support programs that honor Hoosier veterans and help them with...

AEP capital spending plan surges 33%, to $72B, in utility ‘super-cycle’

Even with the increasing spending, American Electric Power expects it can limit residential rate hikes to 3.5% a year over the next five years, company officials said. Surging loads In the last 12 months, AEP’s utilities sold 6% more electricity compared to the...

Tagged with Tallman

The first signs arrive in August as the kids go back to school followed shortly by the arrival of pumpkin spice everything. Pretty soon the shelves of the local big box stores are full of Halloween decorations and candy. In September, the weather starts to change. The...

Columbus lineman to compete in International Lineman’s Rodeo

A local Duke Energy foreman will be competing in The International Lineman’s Rodeo. Travis Vidal, a line working foreman for Duke Energy, will be competing on a three man team at the rodeo on Oct. 18 in Bonner Springs, Kansas. Vidal is a returning competitor, having...

Potential US Threat From ‘Imelda’ Early Next Week As Tropical Storm Humberto Forecast To Become A Hurricane

Tropical Storm Humberto is forecast to become a major hurricane in the central Atlantic, but the next system expected to develop, which would be named Imelda, may become a larger threat to parts of the Southeast U.S. and Bahamas as the hurricane season shifts into a...