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Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: LUMA Embarks on Island-Wide Work Plan

June 14, 2024

This audio story, narrated from the April 2024 cover article, explores how LUMA aims to boost reliability and resiliency by focusing on vegetation clearing, automation and substation modernization.

Amy Fischbach

For our latest episode in our In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) series for our Line Life Podcast on Podbean, we are showcasing a narrated version of our April 2024 cover story, "LUMA Embarks on Island-Wide Work Plan."

This article explores how LUMA Energy is aiming to boost reliability and resiliency by focusing on vegetation clearing, automation and substation modernization in Puerto Rico.

For more information, you can listen to a recent two-part series on our Line Life Podcast featuring Dr. Shay Bahamirad, senior vice president T&D Strategy and Sustainability for LUMA Energy.

Part 1: LUMA's Power Grid Transformation in Puerto Rico
Part 2: LUMA's Island-Wide Work Plan in Puerto Rico

We also published the article, "Powering Puerto Rico," in our 2023 Lineworker Supplement, and it is available as an audio story as well on Podbean.

Note: To stay updated on the island-wide work plan, check out T&D World's website. For example, we recently published a June 13, 2024, update from LUMA about how the utility is continuing to boost resiliency and reliability and reduce large-scale outages through ongoing projects like vegetation clearing, installing a transformer and automation devices, and modernizing substations. For more information, you can also visit the LUMA Energy website.

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About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

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].