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Category Archives: News and Updates

26 Aug

Smart Grid Advancements

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“Smart grid” generally refers to advancements in technology people are using to bring utility electricity delivery systems into the 21st century, by incorporating computer-based remote control and automation. These systems are made possible by two-way communication technology and computer processing that has been used for decades in other industries. They are beginning to be used
19 Aug

First Energy Infrastructure Improvements

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To help improve service reliability for customers, FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is continuing construction work this summer and throughout the remainder of 2016 on distribution and transmission infrastructure projects totaling approximately $128 million in Potomac Edison’s service area in western Maryland and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. To date, more than $67 million of
13 Aug

Lineman Safety

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Anyone who has ever climbed a pole or opened a switch knows about safety. Linemen wear rubber gloves, hard hats and steel-toed boots. Apprentices learn the correct way to do the work. These safety values and skills are slowly absorbed as hundreds of hours are spent working alongside journeymen linemen in storms, on night calls,
29 Jul

Las Vegas Pipeline

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It took $817 million more than six years and one worker’s life to drill The third pipeline from Lake Mead to make sure the casinos and sprawling suburbs of Las Vegas can keep getting drinking water and live life as is from the shrinking water source. The pipeline, however, won’t drain the largest Colorado River
15 Apr

Utility Training Academy for Unmanned Drones Launched

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In an industry first, NM Group, Phoenix Air Unmanned and the Unmanned Safety Institute launch the “Utility Academy for Unmanned Aerial Systems”. The utility specific training course is designed to cater for management through to subject matter experts. Attendees will learn the regulatory, technical and commercial understanding required to effectively use UAS technology. The training