Lineman News and Articles
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What's New at the 2026 International Lineman's Rodeo
Photobooth, hotel branding, a New Zealand crew, and a safety conference Sam Posa is proud of. Here's what's changing in Kansas City this October.
Noah Stoll · · 4 min
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Joe Rogan Stunned by What Lineman Do
In a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, an unexpected topic took center stage – the remarkable work of power lineman...
Chris Simpson · · 2 min
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Federal Mandate to Require Tree Branches on New Power Line Poles
A new broad sweeping mandate approved by congress will require all new wood power line poles to have tree branches attached to them in order
Chris Simpson · · 1 min
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How 42,000 Line workers showed what makes America Great.
Lineman Central has been reporting on Hurricane Ian recovery efforts for the past week. The Great Lineman Response to Hurricane Ian On...
Bob Morris · · 3 min
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What Mastec acquisition of Henkels & McCoy means for Linemen
This week it was announced that Florida-based specialty contractor giant MasTec Inc. has agreed to acquire Henkels & McCoy
Billy Kortnoy · · 1 min
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Hands on learning for Linemen
For years, the default learning experience for groundmen and apprentices has been a combination of classroom textbook work, power points
Bob Morris · · 3 min
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How infrared inspections are saving line crews time
Most utility companies use infrared on a regular basis as part of a regimented maintenance program. Some contract out their inspections
Noah Stoll · · 2 min
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Duke Energy Shocks Nation to Claim Title
Jay Tipton, Keith Griffin and Sandy Barnhill had a whole year to think about their 32nd Place finish in the last International Rodeo.
Aaron Mahrood · · 1 min
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Linemen Wins and Losses from the Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Bill
This broadly defined grant seems to be written very loosely and will give the Department of Energy strong authority to essentially fund what
Lineman Central · · 5 min
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Still think Linemen aren't Emergency Responders?
The 2002 Homeland Security Act and more specifically the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act was aimed for linemen
Aaron Mahrood · · 2 min
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Lineman are first responders
When a disaster hits, we're very quick to praise our first responders, the police, fire rescue crews, emergency management professionals and
Chris Simpson · · 3 min
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What Biden's $2 Trillion Plan Means for Linemen
it will put hundreds of thousands of people to work laying thousands of miles of transmission lines.
Billy Kortnoy · · 3 min
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How the Lineman Profession has Evolved in the Last Twenty Years
Since 2000, there has continued to be an increase in the demand for both lineman jobs, lineman apprenticeship as well as dedicated lineman t
Aaron Mahrood · · 4 min
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Behind the Numbers of the February 2021 Power Outages
As lineman across the country begin what will be a grueling week restore power we analyzed over 2,000 utility announcements
Chris Simpson · · 3 min
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What states have the worst power line standards?
The U.S. electric grid delivers over 3,800 terawatt-hours of power to more than 150 million end points during the calendar year.
Chris Simpson · · 2 min
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2020 storm season and the state of the lineman industry
One positive trend we tracked in 2020 in utility companies and major employers of lineman across the country are continuing to increase safe
Billy Kortnoy · · 2 min