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People of Irby: Executive VP Operations, Rick Shouse

People of Irby: Executive VP Operations, Rick Shouse

People of Irby: Executive VP Operations, Rick Shouse

 

On Friday, October 19, Irby rolled out the tenth video in its series featuring the 鈥淧eople of Irby.鈥 In , Rick Shouse, Irby Executive Vice President of Operations mentions how great the opportunity is right now in their industry to join Irby, learn their safety culture, and kick-start a great career.

Rick has worked within Irby for 38 years and touches on how the company has such a loyal base of people that enjoy what they do and proud to have a path for everyone. Check out the to hear about how the Irby has created an environment that is rewarding to work for.

Film crews visited Irby job sites from Texas to Florida, and a couple spots in between, to interview team members and gather footage of crews at work. Rick鈥檚 spotlight video is the tenth in a series of videos Irby is rolling out in 2018. Follow Irby on and for updates and watch the company website for more to come.

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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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People of Irby: Chief Financial Officer, Margaret Rushing

People of Irby: Chief Financial Officer, Margaret Rushing

People of Irby: Chief Financial Officer, Margaret Rushing

 

On Friday, September 21, Irby rolled out the ninth video in its series featuring the 鈥淧eople of Irby.鈥 In聽, Margaret Rushing, Irby Chief Financial Officer touches on Irby’s way of serving not only our customers but also our surrounding communities.

Margaret has worked within Irby for 28 years and expresses her gratitude for such an exceptional company to begin and end her career. Check out the聽聽to hear about how the Irby’s culture is centered around family and how that is fundamentally important.

Film crews visited Irby job sites from Texas to Florida, and a couple spots in between, to interview team members and gather footage of crews at work. Margaret鈥檚 spotlight video is the ninth in a series of videos Irby is rolling out in 2018. Follow Irby on聽听补苍诲听聽for updates and watch the company website for more to come.

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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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