The Line Life Podcast

Diversity in the Line Trade

New training program gives students from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to pursue a career in line work.

Produced by T&D World and Utility Products.

Women in Line Work

First, you'll hear about six women linemen with a love for the line trade and the drive and determination to get the job done. Second, our field editor Amy Fischbach interviews Emma Landherr, a lineman that we connected with as she arrived in New Orleans at the start of restoration efforts after Hurricane Ida.

This episode is brought to you by Milwaukee Tool.

Produced by T&D World and Utility Products.

Barehand Work in the Tropics

BHI Energy’s crews perform energized insulator replacements in the Florida Keys.

Produced by T&D World and Utility Products.

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Storm Stories: Historic Ice Storm Brings Waves of Destruction

Part 3 of the Storm Stories series moves to Virginia, where ice-covered lines led to power outages and downed lines.

Produced by T&D World and Utility Products.

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Storm Stories: Restoring Power and Replacing Transformers

A load shedding event affected 1.4 million CenterPoint Energy customers in Houston during Winter Storm Uri.

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Storm Stories: Lights Out in Oregon

After nearly half of PGE’s customers lost power during a winter blast, 400 crews responded through the utility’s largest mobilization effort.

Line Life Trailer

Linemen work around the clock in severe weather conditions to bring light and power to their communities. T&D World and Utility Products are celebrating the hard work, spirit and passion of the line trade with a new podcast series called, “Line Life.” These short audio stories will allow you to take “EUO on the go” by listening to articles from the field-focused Electric Utility Operations section of T&D World magazine. Whether you are on the road to a job site or storm restoration effort or relaxing after a long work day, you can listen to stories about storm restoration efforts, best practices in line work and the men and women in the line trade. You will also have the opportunity to share your comments on topics covered in the podcasts. We invite you to subscribe to the show today and become part of our Line Life community.