Overhead Distribution

Typically 35 kV to 1.4 kV, distribution systems take power from the bulk system to deliver to individual customers via overhead lines.

Highlights

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Podcasts

New Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: Mutual Aid Without a Storm

Feb. 23, 2024
This audio story showcases an article about the Light Up Navajo project from the 2023 T&D World Lineworker Supplement.
Photo by NorthWestern Energy.
Roosting Ravens
Roosting Ravens
Roosting Ravens
Roosting Ravens
Roosting Ravens
Overhead Transmission

In Photos: Keeping Birds and the Power Grid Safe from One Another

Dec. 15, 2023
Nesting, hunting, flying, perching, and yes even excreting waste are all natural bird pastimes that, when they occur at the wrong place and the wrong time, can be deadly to the...
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Overhead Distribution

NESC Progresses Power Grid Resiliency

Dec. 12, 2023
The NESC focuses on standards that help to increase worker safety while improving power grid resiliency in overhead utility pole networks.
Photo courtesy of Southern California Edison.
Although utilities have digitized their analog records, the legacy grid data is not always consistent and manual processes are still required. Using machine learning to analyze available data can verify its accuracy and simplify the update process.
Although utilities have digitized their analog records, the legacy grid data is not always consistent and manual processes are still required. Using machine learning to analyze available data can verify its accuracy and simplify the update process.
Although utilities have digitized their analog records, the legacy grid data is not always consistent and manual processes are still required. Using machine learning to analyze available data can verify its accuracy and simplify the update process.
Although utilities have digitized their analog records, the legacy grid data is not always consistent and manual processes are still required. Using machine learning to analyze available data can verify its accuracy and simplify the update process.
Although utilities have digitized their analog records, the legacy grid data is not always consistent and manual processes are still required. Using machine learning to analyze available data can verify its accuracy and simplify the update process.
Test and Measurement

Tracking Decades-Old Power Poles with Machine Learning

Nov. 1, 2023
Utilities must organize and make sense of a tremendous tranche of legacy power grid data, but AI may offer answers.
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Overhead Distribution

Chelan PUD Commissioners Suggest To Adopt Five-Year Reliability Goal To Reduce Outages

Oct. 6, 2023
With new investments, PUD staff recommended a target to reduce outage to an average of 42 to 67 minutes a year time over the next five years.

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Resources

Wildfire Risk Mitigation

Feb. 16, 2022
Learn about the tools and practices that minimize power equipment caused fires.
Lineworkers and electricians from Oklahoma, Colorado and Arkansas worked on wiring nearly 200 structures to safety receive electricity.
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Smart Utility

Michigan Public Service Commission Approves DTE Energy’s Rate Increase For Reliability Roadmap

Dec. 18, 2023
A DTE electric residential customer using 500 kWh will experience an increase of approximately $0.09 per day, or $2.56 per month in rates.
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National Highway 8, one of the busiest highways in the Indian subcontinent, as it connects Delhi to Mumbai.
National Highway 8, one of the busiest highways in the Indian subcontinent, as it connects Delhi to Mumbai.
National Highway 8, one of the busiest highways in the Indian subcontinent, as it connects Delhi to Mumbai.
National Highway 8, one of the busiest highways in the Indian subcontinent, as it connects Delhi to Mumbai.
National Highway 8, one of the busiest highways in the Indian subcontinent, as it connects Delhi to Mumbai.
Overhead Distribution

End-to-End Integration of IoT Infrastructure

Dec. 15, 2023
Tata Power DDL uses IoT-based automation technology to digitalize its low-voltage grid.
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Substations

IFC Offers $300 Million Loan To Enel Colombia For Energy Distribution Projects In Bogota And Cundinamarca

Dec. 5, 2023
The loan will support the Bogota-Region 2030 project for electrification and network expansion.
Overhead Distribution

Entergy Texas’ Bolivar Peninsula Reliability Project Moves to Next Phase of Construction

Nov. 29, 2023
The company’s Bolivar Peninsula Reliability Project is a combination of new construction and equipment upgrades to help meet the growing electrical demand in the area.