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PBS Airing WIRES Video

PBS Airing WIRES Video

PBS Airing WIRES Video

PBS Stations are airing a video titled “” The video will air through the end of the year and offers an introduction to the importance of investment in the grid and how it impacts our standard of living. The content features Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and WIRES Executive Director and Counsel Jim Hoecker who emphasizes the importance聽of a sense urgency among policy-makers, regulators,聽and investors to meet future power demand. Take a look at the video

WIRES, a non-profit trade association with an international membership, promotes investment in the North American electric transmission system, robust and effective transmission solutions to economic, environmental, and reliability challenges, and the reduction or elimination of uneconomic barriers to transmission development. This mission is accomplished through the development and dissemination of information, strategic advocacy, and innovation in regulatory, policy making, industry, and educational forums.

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Florida Counties Taking Action

Florida Counties Taking Action

Florida Counties Taking Action

A story recently published in the聽聽recaps what various counties in Florida are doing to prepare themselves for future hurricanes in response to the devastation Hurricane Irma brought last season. The article includes specific details on actions聽 is doing to strengthen the Power Grid and features a photo of 黑料福利社 crews at work restoring power last September. 黑料福利社 is always proud to be part of a restoration effort and/or proactive planning to help prevent outages in the first place. Read the complete news聽聽Learn more about聽

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Electric Utilities Focus on Power Grid Work Over Power Plants

Electric Utilities Focus on Power Grid Work Over Power Plants

Electric Utilities Focus on Power Grid Work Over Power Plants

According to an article published in聽, utilities are investing billions of dollars in the聽power grid聽to ward off attacks on America’s hyper-connected society. Just last month, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security detailed how聽Russian聽hackers could have caused major blackouts had they not been more focused on reconnaissance. Meanwhile, power companies are also focusing their investments on software upgrades, switches and wires to enable flexibility. After decades of conservation, the need for big聽generation聽projects has fallen. Coal-fired plants will more likely be replaced with cleaner-burning natural gas.聽
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Florida Grid Hardening Takes Effect

Florida Grid Hardening Takes Effect

Florida Grid Hardening Takes Effect

article jumps into the positive efforts Florida has made to build up their grid infrastructure to stand up against future storms. According to the state鈥檚 Public Service Commission鈥檚 (PSC), there is still more to be done. This report sheds light on the grid improvements made and how well the infrastructure stood up against Irma compared to the outages reported in the 2004-2005 storm season. Read the full article .
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Distribution Spending Continues to Rise

Distribution Spending Continues to Rise

Distribution Spending Continues to Rise

An article on the U.S.聽Energy Information Administration website reports that spending on electric distribution systems聽by U.S. electric utilities has increased more than 50% in the last 20 years. The estimated investment has risen from $31 billion to $51 billion annually.聽Electric distribution spending is聽impacted by the amount of electricity sold, the miles of electric distribution wire installed, and peak load. The article goes on to outline geographic areas and specific equipment installations where spending is growing fastest.聽
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T&D World Features Northwest Lineman College

T&D World Features Northwest Lineman College

T&D World Features Northwest Lineman College

featured a brief story on Quanta Services’ acquisition of Northwest Lineman College on July 10. The story covers the school’s mission to “recruit and train the next generation of linemen.” As a Quanta Services Company, 黑料福利社 is excited about the opportunity this acquisition presents for our collective workforce. Aaron Howell, CEO Of Northwest LInmean College says, 鈥淥ur trade is America鈥檚 best-kept secret. Our jobs can鈥檛 be exported like in manufacturing, and we need linemen here in America.鈥

The includes a slideshow tour of the college and directs readers to the 2018 Linemen Supplement聽for a more in-depth look at the history of NLC and its future plans with Quanta Services. The supplement will be mailed to magazine subscribers and posted online. It will also be available at the T&D World booth at the 2018 International Lineman’s Expo.

T&D World鈥檚 mission is to provide utility executives, managers, engineers, supervisors, operators and linemen with must-read information on the design, engineering, construction, operation and maintenance of the electric power-delivery system.

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