Aha Macav Power Services, a utility owned and operated by the Fort Mojave Tribe in the southwest, will become the first Native American utility to deploy 3M aluminum conductor composite reinforced ...

A lineman invented the Tail Tamer to hold back loose ends, but it can also be used to attach parallel and groove and crimp connectors. Linemen must maintain positive control of the loose ends of ...

Almost all overhead electricity lines use the same basic design that’s been in use since 1908. TS Conductor has redesigned them to transmit more power, without changing utility poles. Though the use ...

Misunderstandings often occur in the field when people have different ideas of what words mean in the Code. The NEC contains Art. 100 (see SIDEBAR: What’s in 100? below) for this very reason. There, ...

If you look at Fig. 230.1 in the NEC, you'll see that Art. 230 divides neatly into three general “blocks” of coverage. The first includes general requirements, overhead service drop conductors, and ...