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    Plan, respond, and restore: electric utilities rising to the occasion with grid resilience, hardening and mutual aid.

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    Highlights

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    Feb. 6, 2025
    Bryce Zahn, a Capital Electric Line Builders apprentice, shares his experiences restoring power following Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.
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    Oct. 11, 2024
    Listen to lineworkers and field managers for Duke Energy share their experiences with the Hurricane Helene restoration.
    Entergy
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    Sept. 17, 2024
    This photo gallery showcases how Entergy's crews, contractors and mutual aid workers leveraged specialized equipment and technology to restore power quickly to the impacted communities...
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    July 25, 2024
    Any time a weather disaster hits the U.S, causing catastrophic damage and power outages, we see scrutiny of the utility response.
    Photo by Con Edison.
    June 3, 2024
    Con Edison’s resilience plan is meant to prevent and mitigate outages, protect public safety, and reduce customer impacts and inconvenience.

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