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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...

Advancing Safety Through Total Well-Being: Practical Tips and Ideas for Utility Leaders

Organizations that embrace holistic worker wellness as part of their safety strategy can move beyond compliance into the realm of cultural transformation. Over the past 50 years, the electric utility industry has developed and implemented robust engineering controls,...

Texas regulators trim, approve $2.7B CenterPoint system resiliency plan

CenterPoint’s January resiliency plan had a $5.75 billion price tag. A settlement cut the ask to $3.2 billion, and the Public Utility Commission of Texas trimmed further on Thursday. The Public Utility Commission of Texas on Thursday approved a slimmed-down version of...

North Carolina Outer Banks bracing for flooding, wind as Hurricane Erin passes by offshore

The growing size of the powerful hurricane's winds and waves will lead to significant flooding and erosion on North Carolina's Outer Banks throughout the week. The North Carolina Outer Banks and other beaches along the Atlantic coast of the United States will bear the...

Tropical Storm Erin forms, to become first Atlantic hurricane of 2025

Erin has formed in the eastern Atlantic and is forecast to be the first hurricane and first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season. Erin will be a long-track storm and will eye the United States next week. A tropical rainstorm in the eastern Atlantic Ocean has...

The One Booth You Can’t Afford to Miss at Utility Expo 2025 (and Bourbon!)

The Utility Expo 2025 is the must-attend event for linemen, utility professionals, and anyone working in electric generation, transmission, and distribution industry. This year’s Expo will be held October 7-9th in beautiful Louisville, Kentucky, and it’s the largest event of its kind in North America, offering the chance to get hands-on with the latest gear, connect with experts, and experience innovations that are reshaping utility work. Here’s why the Utility Expo is a can’t-miss event and why your first stop should be the Tallman Equipment booth.

Underrated Tools Every Lineman Should Carry

Linemen have a extensive list of tools they use, and there are some heavy hitters that get most of the attention. Impact wrenches, strap hoists, and shotgun sticks get most of the attention, but it’s often the smaller, overlooked tools that make life easier in the...

Variabilities in Electrical Arc Flash Protection

Rather than overcomplicating PPE decisions, invest time in safety through design to minimize the likelihood of an arc event. Accuracies are synonymous with safety and science. While many perceive that electrical safety needs to be highly exact, this article aims at...

From Risk to Reliability: Improving Rope Safety in Energized Environments

A growing number of utility organizations are making a shift from using traditional synthetic ropes to those with verified dielectric properties. The tools and equipment employed by electrical workers must possess the necessary insulating properties to ensure user...

What’s Heating Up at Tallman This Summer Might Just Surprise You

Things are heating up here at our Columbus, Indiana Tallman Equipment headquarters and our Addison, IL location (to be honest, we don’t think it ever cools down at our Lake City, FL facility). After a wet and wild spring, summer is bringing the heat (and the mosquitoes). Fortunately, there is still time to get equipped with everything you and your crew need to make it through these hot days without losing your cool. Tallman Equipment is dedicated to being your one stop shop for linemen, and in addition to our usual selection of all the tools and gear linemen need, we have some special offerings to help you get through the season in comfort.

How Utilities Can Dramatically Reduce Wildfire Risk

Rising temperatures, drought conditions, and dry vegetation are all major contributors to wildfires with possible ignition sources including lightning strikes, unattended campfires, and other man-made causes.

Interview with Ryan Lucas of The Powerline Podcast

It doesn’t hurt to have a little bit of a Gypsy Soul Born and raised in a small town in British Columbia, Ryan never dreamed of becoming a lineman even though his father owned a small power line company. It wasn't until a foreman who worked for his father pulled him...

Interview with David Mendonca of The Show Up Dad Podcast

Being a Great Dad, Husband, and Lineman is all about "Be Where Your Feet Are." If you're a lineman – or in the trades – and a father working hard to provide for your family, David Mendonca wants you to know you're not alone. And if you're struggling to be the best...

THE AMERICAN LINEMAN– a book review

“Linemen are American heroes.” That’s the thesis of Alan Drew’s ode to the men and women who energized America. The American Lineman looks like a history book meets a science book, but ultimately, it’s the author's love letter to those who keep the lights on. About...

Lineman Safety during a Wildfire

If you wanted to create a recipe for disaster, the beginning of the 2025 wildfire season would be a good place to start. The recent fires in Southern California have captured headlines and boggled the imagination. The level of destruction appears to be unprecedented...

50 Must-Haves for Linemen Going on Storm

What You Need When The Storm Hits The Fan A storm's a-comin', and it's not a matter of if, but when. Hurricane season officially kicks off on June 1 and lasts through November 30. That's six long months of potential disaster to the power grid. And you know who they...

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ISO New England issues transmission RFP to access new wind resources

The New England grid operator on Monday published a request for proposals to address the region’s longer-term transmission needs, aimed at upgrading the electric system between anticipated wind generation in northern Maine and demand centers to the south.

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