Electric Utility Operations

Designed to help field supervisors improve the productivity and safety of their field workforce by focusing on issues related to linemen such as fall protection, storm response and infrastructure upgrades.

Recent

Disaster Response

Entergy Responds to More than 300K Outages from Hurricane Francine

Sept. 13, 2024

Electric Utility Operations

Electrical and Communication Services With a Commitment to Safety and Reliability

Sept. 13, 2024

Tools and Technologies

Protecting America's Critical Infrastructure

Sept. 13, 2024

This trio met at University of California-Berkeley, where they eventually teamed up to found the company, GridWare, and invent the Gridscope.

Electric Utility Operations

Lineworkers Turn Inventors: How Field Innovations Are Improving Safety and Efficiency in the Power Industry

Sept. 12, 2024

Electric Utility Operations

Lineworkers Light Up Navajo Nation and Beyond: Stories of Service and Volunteerism Bringing First-Time Power to Communities

Sept. 11, 2024

Davey Tree employees drive Ford F-150 Lightning trucks.

Vegetation Management

Fleet Electrification in the Tree-Care Industry

Sept. 9, 2024

Highlights

Podcasts

New Line Life Podcast: A More Bird-Friendly Sky

Sept. 13, 2024

This audio story explores how a Scottish utility can divert birds from power lines through a combination of drones, robots and specially designed visual signals.

Podcasts

Line Life Podcast: Launching a Business in the Line Trade

Sept. 6, 2024

In the first part of the series, Chad Dubea shares strategies for lineworkers who are interested in starting their own businesses to serve the utility industry.

Podcasts

New Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: Crowdsourcing Underground Monitoring

Aug. 23, 2024

In this audio story, Duquesne Light Company shares its experience conducting an open innovation challenge to improve underground monitoring.

Coast Electric has a reputation for having one of the nicest fleets in the Southeast. According to the electric cooperative, the secret is a strong maintenance plan and rebuild strategy.

Electric Utility Operations

Good Maintenance Sets Utility Bucket Trucks up for Second Life

Aug. 22, 2024

A Mississippi cooperative shares its fleet maintenance rebuild strategies.

Podcasts

New Line Life Podcast: Faces of the Future, Part 5

Aug. 16, 2024

Kendra Secerin, an apprentice power line technician for Hydro One and the first woman to graduate from the power line program at St. Clair College, is now on a committee to help...