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Electric Utility Operations

Celebrating Women in the Trade for International Women's Day

March 13, 2023

For International Women's Day, utilities honored their female employees, including their women in the line trade.

On International Women's Day on March 8, 2023, utilities honored their female lineworkers with celebratory posts on social media. One particular video, however, caught my eye. Here is a Hydro One post that I wanted to share with our Lineman Life enewsletter subscribers and T&D World readers.

"Today's International Women's Day and we spent the day with our lines apprentice Mackenzie Gillan! Mackenzie is a strong team player with an unshakeable dedication to her craft. At the Kansas Line's Rodeo, she took home 3 awards and became the first woman apprentice to podium at the competition. We love to see the women of Hydro One pursue meaningful careers while fostering diversity in the trades. We're so proud to have her on our team!"

To learn more, watch the video below and check out the blog on Hydro One's Web site: http://ow.ly/1OE750NckC0

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the contributing editor for the Electric Utility Operations section of Transmission and Distribution World. She worked for Prism Business Media (now Penton) for eight years, most recently as the managing editor of Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro magazine. She is now working as a freelance writer and editor for B2B magazines. Amy earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.She serves as the national vice president of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. She can be reached at [email protected].