Posts

• 'Extreme impacts': Milton to become major hurricane, barrel ashore near Tampa Bay midweek (October 7, 2024)
• ‘Avocado Hand’ and Scaling the Safety Message (January 16, 2024)
• ‘Over and Over, We See that Pro-Transmission Policies at the State Level are Very Effective in Driving Success’ (September 2, 2024)
• 21 states, DOE launch initiative to spur grid-enhancing technologies, advanced conductors (July 15, 2024)
• 2M customers still without power after Helene; some local grids must ‘be completely rebuilt’ (October 1, 2024)
• 4 Steps Utilities are Taking to Avert Wildfires (July 30, 2024)
• 50 Must-Haves for Linemen Going on Storm (June 24, 2021)
• 55 miles of high-voltage transmission lines added in 2023 as US buildout slows: report (August 7, 2024)
• A New Era for Rural Electric Cooperatives (February 27, 2024)
• A Time to Give Thanks (for Linemen) (November 13, 2024)
• AI, data center electricity demand could drive advanced nuclear investment: NERC head Jim Robb (June 13, 2024)
• Are Data Centers The Grid’s Next Crisis? (September 9, 2024)
• Are You Making These 5 Heat Related Illness Mistakes? (June 11, 2024)
• As wildfires losses mount, will commercial insurers decline to cover utilities? (November 7, 2024)
• Assessing and Mitigating Risk in Helicopter Line Work (August 29, 2024)
• Beat the Summer Sizzle (June 13, 2024)
• Beryl makes landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, knocking out power to more than 750,000 (July 8, 2024)
• Building the Georgia Grid for a Growing State (August 14, 2024)
• California regulators approve new program to expedite power line undergrounding (November 7, 2024)
• Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence and Safety: The International Lineman's Rodeo Grows from Humble Beginnings to a Global Event (September 13, 2024)
• DDIN Tri-Clamp makes Connections Quicker (March 9, 2021)
• Debby to impact Georgia, Carolinas with life-threatening flooding and storm surge this week (August 6, 2024)
• Dielectric Testing for Insulating Aerial Devices (August 27, 2024)
• DOE Announces Plans to Fund up to $400 Million for Clean Energy Projects in Rural and Remote Areas Across the Nation (September 11, 2024)
• DOE selects nearly $2B in projects for grid resilience funding (October 24, 2024)
• Dominion Energy Installs Its First Composite Poles (September 30, 2024)
• Duke Energy Florida breaks ground on new transmission training center in Sumter County (August 23, 2024)
• Duke Energy Restores Power to Nearly 1.1 Million in the Carolinas after Helene (October 2, 2024)
• Duke Energy strengthens the grid, increases resiliency ahead of the 2024 hurricane season (June 27, 2024)
• Duke Energy’s ready to respond during peak of hurricane season; advanced technology saved 12.5 million minutes of customer outages during Hurricane Debby (September 18, 2024)
• Edison International’s Pizarro: Load Growth Faster Than Expected (August 5, 2024)
• ENR Midwest’s 2020 Best Projects (March 9, 2021)
• Entergy Texas Announces Resiliency Plan to Strengthen the Southeast Texas Power Grid (July 17, 2024)
• Equipotential Grounding Zones Are Essential for Job Site Safety (August 24, 2023)
• Five Core Capacities for Sustainable Safety Excellence (June 20, 2024)
• Five Tools You Didn't Know You Could Rent From Tallman Equipment (October 15, 2024)
• FR/AR Apparel Use: Are Your Workers Properly Trained? (May 6, 2024)
• Getting to the Heart of At-Risk Behaviors with Facilitative Learning (April 2, 2024)
• Grab the Right Gear (March 4, 2021)
• Grounding for Stringing in Energized Environments (September 5, 2024)
• Have You Checked Out the UFP Podcast? (July 26, 2024)
• Here's Why Everybody is Talking About the 2024 Hurricane Season (August 1, 2024)
• Highly active hurricane season likely to continue in the Atlantic (August 13, 2024)
• How Renting from Tallman Equipment Can Help You (July 1, 2024)
• How swapping out wooden utility poles could help shore up the electric grid (October 28, 2024)
• How Utilities Can Dramatically Reduce Wildfire Risk (June 12, 2023)
• Hurricane Beryl Ravages Texas Coast, Leaving Widespread Damage and Power Outages (July 10, 2024)
• Hurricane Beryl tracker: See projected path of Category 4 storm as it heads toward Jamaica (July 3, 2024)
• Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida as Category 1 storm and threatens catastrophic flooding (August 5, 2024)
• Hurricane forecast to make landfall along US Gulf Coast this week (September 23, 2024)
• Hurricane Francine bearing down on Louisiana; Landfall early Wednesday evening (September 11, 2024)
• Hurricane Francine makes landfall in southern Louisiana as a Category 2 storm (September 12, 2024)
• Hurricane Helene to roar ashore in Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 4 (September 26, 2024)
• Hurricane Milton An Extremely Serious Threat To Florida; Destructive Storm Surge, Winds, Flooding Rain Expected (October 8, 2024)
• Hurricane Milton slams Florida, leaving 3.4M utility customers without power (October 10, 2024)
• Hurricane Milton: Duke Energy Florida's Outages Drop From More Than 1 Million to 105,000 (October 16, 2024)
• Hurricane Season: Tropics to reignite in November with multiple storms in the forecast (October 31, 2024)
• Hurricane to intensify over Gulf of Mexico, to be strongest to strike US this season (September 24, 2024)
• In areas hardest hit by Helene, rural cooperatives could need weeks to restore power (October 4, 2024)
• Innovations in FR/AR Clothing: Elevating Comfort for Optimal Performance (July 9, 2024)
• Innovative transmission, energy storage projects in 18 states get $2.2B from DOE (August 16, 2024)
• Interregional power transfer capability ranges from 1% to 92% across North America: NERC (August 30, 2024)
• Interview with David Mendonca of The Show Up Dad Podcast (September 23, 2021)
• Interview with Ryan Lucas of The Powerline Podcast (November 9, 2021)
• Layers of Protection Can Reduce Wildfire risk (June 26, 2024)
• Lineman Safety during a Wildfire (July 16, 2021)
• Lineworkers to Leaders: Career Advancement in the Line Trade (September 24, 2024)
• Lower Risk Of Wildfires Along T&D Systems Long Term (June 26, 2023)
• Microgridation Is Changing The Power Grid (October 13, 2023)
• Millions without power after Hurricane Helene rocks Southeast (September 27, 2024)
• New York encourages electrification with new grid planning process, affordability pilot (August 21, 2024)
• Next tropical threat to emerge over Caribbean as November begins (November 1, 2024)
• NOAA predicts above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season (May 23, 2024)
• Not just a ‘boondoggle’: State regulators, industrial companies push for cost effective transmission (November 25, 2024)
• Overcoming the Illusion of Safety (September 5, 2023)
• PJM capacity prices hit record highs, sending build signal to generators (August 2, 2024)
• Possible Tropical Depression Or Storm Could Soak Florida, Southeast Coast (August 2, 2024)
• Proper Inspection of Grounds and Jumpers is a Well Grounded Practice (May 4, 2021)
• Reduce Risk with New Strategies for Operator Training (October 22, 2024)
• Ruling Spans and Proper Conductor Sag (November 4, 2024)
• Sara to soon form in Caribbean, track into Florida next week (November 14, 2024)
• Senate Passes Energy Permitting Reform Act to Boost U.S. Clean Energy and Climate Goals (August 9, 2024)
• Signs up Above: Assuring Transmission Tower Safety with Highly Visible, Long-Lasting Signage (August 12, 2024)
• Solar Backfeed Safety on Distribution and Secondary Circuits (June 17, 2024)
• Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling creates power sector uncertainty: Moody’s (July 24, 2024)
• Supreme Court’s Chevron, Corner Post decisions could delay energy investments, spur litigation: analysts (July 5, 2024)
• TerraPower begins construction at 345-MW advanced reactor site in Wyoming (June 24, 2024)
• Texas PUC approves $3B Oncor system resiliency plan (November 19, 2024)
• THE AMERICAN LINEMAN-- a book review (August 6, 2021)
• The behind the scenes of Entergy power outages (July 22, 2024)
• THE LONG AND WINDING – YET ‘INEVITABLE’ – ROAD TO ELECTRIFICATION (July 23, 2024)
• The One Thing Utility Equipment Purchasers Should Focus On Before a Major Equipment Acquisition (September 6, 2024)
• The Quail Effect: An Indicator of Safety Culture (July 19, 2023)
• Tropical Storm Debby swirls over Atlantic, expected to again douse the Carolinas before moving north (August 7, 2024)
• Tropical Storm Francine Forms In The Gulf; Hurricane, Storm Surge Watches Issued (September 9, 2024)
• Tropical Storm Rafael To Become Hurricane In Caribbean Today; Could Brush Florida Keys Wednesday (November 5, 2024)
• Trump taps North Dakota Gov. Burgum to run Interior, new national energy council (November 22, 2024)
• U.S. Department of Defense Joins Duke Energy’s Green Source Advantage Program (July 2, 2024)
• UNDERSTANDING WIND SPEED LIMITATIONS ON UTILITY EQUIPMENT (June 5, 2024)
• Using Flame-Resistant and Arc-Rated Clothing to Mitigate Cold Stress (December 14, 2023)
• What is "The 1952 Society"? (May 15, 2024)
• What to do if you come across downed power lines (July 25, 2024)
• Why hurricane season is suddenly quiet — and what’s in store (August 28, 2024)
• Wildfires Threaten Utility Financial Stability (October 18, 2024)
• Words of Wisdom from a Longtime Safety Man (July 7, 2023)
• Xcel CEO Says Flip the Grid Process and Build Power Lines First (November 15, 2024)
• Xcel Energy proposes $1.9B wildfire mitigation plan in Colorado as risk areas nearly double (July 11, 2024)