Electric Utility Operations

Look Who's Coming to the 2018 International Lineman's Rodeo!

Sept. 26, 2018

The International Lineman's Rodeo attracts top linemen to Kansas City for a week of competition and camaraderie. Here are the companies that have signed up to come to the 35th annual event.

Amy Fischbach

For more than three decades, linemen have competed in events based on traditional lineman tasks at the International Lineman's Rodeo. This year, the 35th annual event will start bright and early on Oct. 13 at the Agricultural Hall of Fame grounds in Bonner Springs, Kansas. Kansas City Power & Light and Westar Energy are serving as the host utilities for the competition, which has grown to more than 200 teams and more than 200 apprentices. Here are the companies that plan to compete at the 2018 International Lineman's Rodeo.

249th Engineer Battalion
366 Training Squadron
Alliant Energy
Allteck Line Contractors, Inc.
Ameren Illinois
Ameren Missouri
Arizona Public Service - APS
Avangrid
Avista Utilities
Bandera Electric Cooperative
BC Hydro
Blue Ridge Electric Coop
Boone Electric Cooperative
Burbank Water and Power
Carroll EMC
Centerpoint Energy
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative
CITIZENS ELECTRIC CORP.
City of Seguin
City Utilities of Springfield
Cobb EMC
Colorado Springs Utilities
CPS Energy
Crawfordsville Electric Light and Power
Dominion Energy
DTE Energy
Duke Energy
Duke Energy Carolinas West
Eversource Energy
Farmers Electric Cooperative
Flint EMC
Grant County PUD
GRIDLINK
Hydro One
IBEW Local 1245
IBEW Local #47
IBEW Local #47 / City of Riverside
IBEW Local #47 / Henkels & McCoy
IBEW Local #47/City of Anaheim
IBEW Local #47/City of Banning
IBEW Local 104
IBEW Local 1245
IBEW Local 18
IBEW LOCAL 42
IBEW LOCAL 47
IBEW LOCAL 53
IBEW Local Union 702
IBEW LU 2
IBEW LU 304
IBEW, Local Union 160
IBEW Local 2034
Intermountain REA
International Lineman's Museum
ITC/ULC
Jackson EMC
JAW construction
JEA
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities
KCPL
Lakeland Electric
Lansing Board Of Water and light
Liberty Utilities
Liberty Utilities NH
Local 125
Local 17, IBEW
LOCAL 42 MICHELS
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Marietta Power
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative
Middle Tennessee EMC
Mid-South Synergy
Midwest Energy
Mishawaka Utilities/Hi-Line
Modesto Irrigation District
Mohawk Electric LLC
Montana Lineman's Rodeo/Local 44
New Braunfels Utilities
New Brunswick Power Corp.
Nolin RECC
North Arkansas Electric Cooperative
Northern Neck Electric Coop
NORTHWESTERN ENERGY
Oklahoma Gas & Electric
omaha public power district
Pacific Gas & Electric
PAR Electrical Contractors
Pedernales Electric Cooperative
Portland General Electric
Potelco Inc.
Rocky Mountain Power
Salt River Project
San Diego Gas & Electric Company
Snapping Shoals EMC
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON / IBEW LOCAL 47
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
Southwestern Line Constructors
Sturgeon Electric
Sturgeon Electric Ca. / IBEW Local 47
Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative
Tacoma Power
The Victory Electric Cooperative Assn., Inc.
Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative
Tucson Electric Power Company
Unisource Energy Services
Utility Lines Construction Services (ULCS)
Walton EMC
Westar Energy
White River Valley Electric Cooperative
Xcel Energy - Colorado
XCEL ENERGY -TEXAS/NEW MEXICO

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Electric Utilities Operations

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade. She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected].