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    New Line Life Podcast: Working on the Line in Illinois

    April 19, 2024
    Milton Draper, journeyman lineworker and foreman for Ameren Illinois, runs a three-person crew and mentors apprentices at the training center.
    SCE
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    Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: Rodeo Flashback

    April 12, 2024
    In this audio story, you can hear from three top journeyman teams who share their tips, techniques and memories from years of competition.
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    New Line Life Podcast: Apprentice Kris Onda of CORE Electric Cooperative

    April 5, 2024
    This Colorado fourth-step apprentice works to keep the power flowing for the cooperative's members living in the mountains.
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    Texas’ Long Road to Reliability

    April 1, 2024
    Texas has emerged from two winter storms in the three years since Uri with no major issues, but recommended reliability plans are still not fully implemented.
    LUMA
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    Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: Powering Puerto Rico

    March 22, 2024
    This episode features the third article featured in the 2023 Lineworker Supplement about LUMA's grid modernization projects underway in Puerto Rico .

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    Line Life Podcasts

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    Line Life podcast episodes air every Friday, covering everything and anything linework, available on podbean.
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    Disaster Response

    Avangrid Sends UI Crew to Maine to Aid Power Restoration After Storm

    April 10, 2024
    Over 1,000 crews working to restore power to nearly 350,000 affected customers.
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    Disaster Response

    Central Maine Power Responding to Major Nor’easter

    April 5, 2024
    Snow loading on trees from more than a foot of heavy, wet snow and strong winds are the primary causes of damage.
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    Huskie Tools Unveils 6-Ton Inline Crimping and Cutting Tools

    April 5, 2024
    The lightweight and compact tools in the lineworker-driven SLA Series offer enhanced ease of operation and advanced safety features.
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    PEC Ready to Respond During Total Solar Eclipse

    April 3, 2024
    Utility advises spectators to watch out for line crews so they can safely respond to outages.