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Wildfires Threaten Utility Financial Stability
Wildfires can cause extensive damage to utility infrastructure, leading to significant operational and capital expenses. While concerning, the greater worry is the liability associated with wildfires ignited by utility equipment, leading to loss of life and...
Hurricane Milton: Duke Energy Florida’s Outages Drop From More Than 1 Million to 105,000
Line crews restore power for several counties in Duke Energy Florida's service territory following Hurricane Milton. After Hurricane Milton hit Florida as a Category 3 storm, Duke Energy Florida conducted damage assessments and began to restore power to the more than...
Five Tools You Didn’t Know You Could Rent From Tallman Equipment
Tallman Equipment has been supplying power linemen with the best tools and equipment since 1952, and in that time, many of those linemen have come to rely on our rental department almost as if it is their own tool crib. There is no mistaking the advantage of having...
Hurricane Milton slams Florida, leaving 3.4M utility customers without power
About 71% of Tampa Electric’s customers were without electricity Thursday morning after the hurricane hit land on Florida’s west coast. About 3.4 million electric customers were without power in Florida on Thursday morning after Hurricane Milton hit the state’s...
Hurricane Milton An Extremely Serious Threat To Florida; Destructive Storm Surge, Winds, Flooding Rain Expected
Hurricane Milton continues to pose a grave danger to Florida, where its potentially historic strike will bring destructive, life-threatening storm surge, widespread wind damage, flooding rainfall and tornadoes beginning Wednesday.
‘Extreme impacts’: Milton to become major hurricane, barrel ashore near Tampa Bay midweek
A state of emergency has been declared in Florida ahead of Milton, which is forecast to plow into the western peninsula on Wednesday as a major hurricane, packing wind gusts up to 140 mph and 15 feet of storm surge. Just days after the devastating impacts of Hurricane...
