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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...
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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...
The Evolution of Personal Protective Grounding: Part 2
PPG is equally as important today as it was a century ago, providing lineworkers with a critical safeguard against electrical hazards. Part 1 of this article began with discussion of the first American power systems, when lineworkers initially encountered the hazards...
The Evolution of Personal Protective Grounding: Part 1
Before safe and effective PPG methods emerged, pioneering lineworkers navigated their worksites with limited grounding knowledge, equipment and procedures. Personal protective grounding, or PPG, is arguably the most critical safety procedure affecting contemporary...
