Sentences with phrase «power utility pole»

Not exact matches

And electricity may not be restored fully in Puerto Rico and the USVI until May, since emergency managers are still reeling from the devastation across the United States in 2017, spreading thin reconstruction supplies like utility poles and power lines across all disaster areas spanning from California to Florida.

Building and shipping thousands of utility poles and power lines to the island, then setting them up on mountainous terrain has become a headache for utility crews.

While the storm didn't destroy the entire power grid, it did knock down 80 percent of the island's utility poles and all transmission lines.

Puerto Ricans are now desperately trying to connect the main power arteries to individual homes, and some have resorted to their own makeshift repairs, mounting their own utility poles and stringing up low - voltage transmission lines.

It doesn't «clearly express an opinion on» power excavators, electric disposals, sport utility vehicles, or telephone poles either.

Turns out, the culprit was a semi-truck, which knocked over a utility pole and knocked out a transformer (the power - grid kind, not the robot kind) in Texas, which in turn started a chain of events that ended up taking down a bunch of sites hosted by server provider Rackspace.

National Grid and NYSEG continue to work on restoration efforts after the wind storm on Wednesday that brought down power lines, utility poles and trees and caused damage throughout Western New York.

If solar rooftop arrays became as ubiquitous in home design as chimneys, the U.S. grid could indeed cease to exist — an end to power lines, electrical substations and transformers atop equally archaic wooden utility poles.

Utility poles are a favorite substrate for nests and when those get big enough to bridge the gap between live electrical lines, they short the lines out, sometimes blowing out transformers and turning off the power in whole neighborhoods.

More than 10,000 utility poles and hundreds of power transformers were damaged, while farmers suffered losses to their cattle and poultry stocks.

Neighborhood Solar: 40 Megawatts A $ 264 million investment, PSE&G; will contract with solar developers to install «solar power devices for nearly 200,000 utility poles and street lights» throughout PSE&G;'s service area.

Energy is distributed throughout Huron County, Tuscola County, Sanilac County, St. Clair County, Lapeer County, Livingston County, Ingham County, Oakland County, Macomb County, Wayne County, Washtenaw County, Lenawee County, and Monroe County, covered by over a million utility poles and 4400 square miles of power lines.

Electrocution accidents usually result from negligence on a construction site, lack of upkeep and maintenance of utility poles and power lines, inadequate training for workers and disregard for safety rules and regulations.

When the cars hit, they were both sent flying and wound up on the sidewalk on Gladstone, knocking out a utility pole which resulted in a loss of power at the that intersection.

• Installed, replaced and repaired cables in power distribution systems • Accompanied the journeyman and assisted in problem diagnosis and troubleshooting • Facilitated maintenance of electric utilities • Repaired electrical appliances and built - in power circuits • Climbed poles to reach wiring and sockets • Insulated wire lines and made them water proof

Experience and understanding of power & communication space utility work such as framing / make ready, strand placement, placing and pulling fiber cable, lashing, and pole transfers

An electrical Lineman, or simply Lineman as they are commonly called, primarily checks and installs power lines on utility poles or in underground systems to hook up customers to major power sources.

Northeast Utilities System — Connecticut Light & Power (Newtown, CT) 2005 — 2006 Associate Engineer — System Projects • Performed cost benefit analysis to determine feasibility of alternative construction projects • Created detailed project sketches to assist line technicians in project completion • Responsible for pole inspections to identify damaged devices and determine project scope • Oversaw and verified equipment and material orders to ensure timely project completion • Ensured project compliance with company, industry, and NESC regulations

Whether it's a bad storm or a downed utility pole, power outages can strike at any time.

KMG is the leading North American manufacturer of pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative used to protect utility poles in the electric power and communications industries.