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Website 10: Personally knowing several Barnard employees and interns has lead me to feel nothing short of impressed by the magnitude of Barnard's work and their transmission work follows suit.

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That's what we do at Barnard. Whether we're raising a dam in Alaska, constructing a reservoir in Florida, tunneling under downtown San Francisco, redirecting a river while building a complex hydropower plant in northern Manitoba, or strengthening and improving the integrity of a natural gas pipeline in a Sacramento suburb, our people arrive at our projects with a determination to do the best for their communities and be the best in the industry.

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Website 9: Texas based company. Lots of big, high voltage transmission work that I have an interest in.

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Power Line Services - T&D Construction & Maintenance

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Power Line Services is America's leading provider of high-voltage Transmission, Substation, Distribution, and EPC construction and maintenance. Power Line Services has the resources, expertise, and experience to successfully complete any T&D needs.

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Website 8: Great company with a great work ethic and opportunity for recent graduates and interns.

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Bechtel provides engineering, procurement, and construction services for transmission lines, substations, and distribution facilities

Bechtel provides integrated engineering, procurement, and construction or program management services for transmission lines, substations, and distribution facilities. These services extend to independent transmission lines and substations as well as those associated with new power generation facilities. We have designed or commissioned more than 100 transmission substations and delivered more than 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of transmission line.

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Bechtel provides integrated engineering, procurement, and construction or program management services for transmission lines, substations, and distribution facilities. These services extend to independent transmission lines and substations as well as those associated with new power generation facilities. We have designed or commissioned more than 100 transmission substations and delivered more than 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of transmission line.

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Website 7: Incredible work! This company continues to impress the world as a super power in the energy market.

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Website 6: Taking on 345KV work is no easy task and Michels has proved time and time again that they are up for the task.

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Building transmission lines is a complex operation. Michels knows exactly how to get it done because we have built tens of thousands of miles of 69kV to 500kV transmission lines throughout the United States, often in challenging conditions. Forgive our boasting, but we have proven that we have the crews and equipment needed to construct multiple large-scale projects simultaneously.

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Website 5: MasTec, with headquarters in Florida is leading the industry and taking on some incredible electrical transmission projects.

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Electrical Transmission and Distribution Contractors | EPC Contractor for Power Plants, Substation Construction, Switchyards, and Emergency Restoration - MasTec Infrastructure

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MasTec's electrical transmission and distribution services include the construction and maintenance of power plants, high-voltage transmission lines, substations and underground and overhead distribution systems. MasTec also constructs oil and natural gas pipelines, geothermal power plants, wind farms, solar facilities and wireless and wireline communications.

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Website 4: I love aviation and I love electrical work. Best of both worlds with Air2.

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Air2 - Helicopter-Assisted Utility Construction and Maintenance

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Air2 Is A Specialty Helicopter Operator Serving Electric Utilities & Contractors In North America

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Website 3: Smaller, private company out of the Lake Placid area doing big projects! Have a strong interest in an internship/ employment with these guys!

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Northline Utilities, LLC, Electrical Contractors, Au Sable Forks, NY

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Northline Utilities, LLC is a provider of construction and related services to the electric utilities industry.

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Website 2: I have always been interested in a career with National Grid.

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Upstate New York Gas & Electricity | National Grid

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Pay your bill, report outages and gas emergencies, and find useful energy saving and safety tips.

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Website 1: ABB is cutting edge of the market and is continually surprising competitors in the transmission upgrades across the nation.

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ABB Group - Leading digital technologies for industry

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ABB is a pioneering technology leader that works closely with utility, industry, transportation and infrastructure customers to write the future of industrial digitalization and realize value.

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Article 10: ABB upgrading transmission work originally installed in 1990 to provide quality power to the Northeast. Incredible work!

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Article 9: ABB is at the head of a very competitive market and is showing immense amounts of professionalism and success on the projects they take on.

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Article 8: New York is battling its own needs for quality power and struggle with outdated/ congested transmission lines. Possible work coming in  the near future to a New York town near you.

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Article 7: Many times in this industry a strong political influence can be found from various interest groups. This time, the federal and state governments dispute right of way.

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A $2.5-billion transmission line carrying wind power to the U.S. Southeast is coming -- whether state regulators there like it or not.

On Friday, the U.S. Energy Department used a decade-old statute to clear Clean Line Energy Partners LLC's 705-mile (1,134-kilometer) power line for construction over any objections from the states involved.

The Energy Department's approval of the line, proposed to carry 4,000 megawatts of power from the wind-rich Oklahoma panhandle through Arkansas and into Tennessee, marks the first time the 2005 statute has been used to bypass state approval and push through an interstate transmission project.

"Moving remote and plentiful power to areas where electricity is in high demand is essential for building the grid of the future," Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in a statement. "Building modern transmission that delivers renewable energy to more homes and businesses will create jobs, cut carbon emissions, and enhance the reliability of our grid."

The approval highlights a potential workaround for some U.S. transmission developers who have for years dealt with regulatory delays and roadblocks at the state level while trying to site new power lines. The statute gave the Energy Department authority to clear interstate projects co-sponsored by either of two of its four public power agencies. It's just the latest twist in the battle over transmission siting between state and federal agencies as U.S. regulators push for stronger, multi-state lines capable of moving renewable power to where it's needed.

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The Clean Line project approved by the Energy Department is backed by ZBI Ventures, National Grid PLC and Bluescape Resources Co. LLC. With the authorization, Clean Line has said it expects to start construction on the 600-kilovolt, direct current line in 2017 and bring it into service in 2020.

"The Plains & Eastern Clean Line is the largest clean energy infrastructure project in the nation and will modernize the U.S. electric grid while bringing forth new investment, job creation, and more low-cost power for American consumers," Michael Skelly, president of Clean Line Energy, said in a statement on Friday.

Arkansas regulators had refused to consider the proposal in January 2011, saying the developer didn't qualify as a utility under state law because it didn't have operations in the state.

The project brightens the prospects for wind farms being built in remote parts of the Midwest that don't already have access to major power lines. Clean Line is already exploring another partnership with the Energy Department that would build a 790-mile link connecting wind power in western Kansas to Illinois and other states in the PJM Interconnection LLC, the largest U.S. power market. Missouri regulators have refused to approve that one.

'Significant Delivery'

"You can have one state, or even one county, stopping a multi-hundred, or thousand-mile interstate transmission line needed for significant delivery of resources and that has been a long-standing problem," Jon Wellinghoff, a former chairman of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission who pushed through major transmission reforms, said in a phone call. "So to the extent that 1222 is effectively used it is a positive thing for transmission projects."

The Energy Department's decision probably will face lawsuits challenging its authority under the 2005 law to take land for the line, a group of electric cooperatives said in comments. Landowners are already arguing that use of federal eminent domain is unconstitutional because the project isn't needed. The question of need was also raised in a filing by the Southwestern Power Resources Association, whose members in Arkansas and five other states buy hydroelectric power from federal dams.

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The $2.5 Billion U.S. Power Line No State Can Stop

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A $2.5-billion transmission line carrying wind power to the U.S. Southeast is coming -- whether state regulators there like it or not. On Friday, the U.S. Energy Department used a decade-old statute to clear Clean Line Energy Partners LLC's 705-mile (1,134-kilometer) power line for construction over any objections from the states involved.

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Article 6: Over half a million volts! Also, one of the longest spans in transmission work to date.

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Eversource Energy was given support in July by ISO New England for the company's proposed Woburn to Wakefield Line Project, which is part of the Greater Boston North Project Group and involves an eight-mile, 345-kV underground transmission line between Eversource's Woburn and National Grid USA's Wakefield Junction substations.

The project is expected to be completed by late 2018 at a cost of $52 million.

Also in July, Clean Line Energy Partners' planned Grain Belt Express Clean Line application was rejected by the Missouri Public Service Commission due to failure to file a "60-day notice" required by the PSC.

The $2.2 billion project involves a new 780-mile, 600-kV HVDC transmission line between Spearville, Kan., and St. Francois, Mo., to support renewable energy development. The project has a projected completion date of late 2021.

The PSC, in an Aug. 3 order, granted Grain Belt Express Clean Line's request for a partial waiver in relation to the company's proposal to build, own, operate, control, manage and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line and an associated converter station providing an interconnection on the Maywood-Montgomery 345-kV transmission line.

Northern Pass Transmission received an interconnection approval from ISO New England for the company's planned Northern Pass project. The project, which involves 239 miles of 300-kV DC and 40 miles of 345-kV AC transmission lines, would bring renewable energy from Quebec into New Hampshire to satisfy the need for additional renewable energy in New England. The project has an estimated cost of $1.6 billion, and is expected to be energized by summer 2019.

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission approved American Electric Power's ( AEP) Bunker Hill to Black Brook Rebuild project. The project involves a new eight-mile, 115-kV rebuild of an existing line at a cost of $29.7 million. AEP expects to complete the line by late 2019.

National Grid USA, unit of National Grid, received approval from the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee (SEC) for the company's planned Merrimack Valley Reliability Project. The project involves a 17.9-mile, 345-kV transmission line continuation of the proposed 3124 Line in New Hampshire and terminates at the Scobie Pond substation. The project is needed to address transmission system reliability issues in the Greater Boston and southern New Hampshire areas. The project has an estimated cost of $123 million, and is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.

Administrative law judges, in a proposal for decision filed with the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas, concluded that Route 10M is the preferred route for Lower Colorado River Authority's Zorn to Marion project as it required the least amount of new right of way. If selected, the route would run about 9.5 miles, and cost about $46 million. The 345-kV project is expected to be completed by summer 2019.

AEP Texas Central Co., unit of AEP, received approval from Texas regulators for its proposed Tuleta to Euler to Coleta Creek project. The project is a planned 45-mile to 55-mile, 138-kV transmission line that aims to accommodate growing demand from oil and natural gas production in the Eagle Ford Shale region. The project has an estimated cost of $53 million, and is expected to be completed by summer 2018.

Houston County Electric Cooperative Inc. also received approval from Texas regulators for its Mustang Prairie to Weldon project. The new transmission line would be rated at 138-kV, run about 18 miles and have a cost estimate of $20 million. The project is scheduled to be energized by late 2018.

The Belvoir-Gum Springs Rebuild project, sponsored by Dominion Virginia Power, received an approval recommendation from a hearing examiner with the Virginia State Corporation Commission. The project involves replacing 2.6 miles of existing 230-kV transmission line in order to increase reliability in the Alexandria-Arlington load area. The project is expected to come online by the end of 2016 at a cost of $10.4 million. Dominion Virginia Power is a unit of Dominion Resources.

Two projects were announced in July. Tennessee Valley Authority announced a new Oxford to Coffeeville to ensure reliability in the region. The 26-mile, 161-kV transmission line is expected to be completed by late 2018.

Montana Dakota Utilities announced a planned Ellendale to Leola project, which is scheduled for completion in late 2016. The 9-mile, 115-kV transmission line would run between the existing Ellendale substation and proposed Leola substation. The addition of the line would provide a new power source into the Leola area and provide additional support on the integrated system.

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New transmission projects move forward in New England, Midwest, Texas

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Eversource Energy was given support in July by ISO New England for the company's proposed Woburn to Wakefield Line Project, which is part of the Greater Boston North Project Group and involves an eight-mile, 345-kV underground transmission line between Eversource's Woburn and National Grid USA's Wakefield Junction substations.

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Article 5: International transmission work in the future as hydro power makes headlines.

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Article 4: Integrated energy is the future as we move towards sustainable domestic energy. In order for the grid to handle the power produced, systems must be upgraded.

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Article 3: WORK WORK WORK. Job security in this field is incredible and will be for years to come.

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Article 2: Again, transmission lines being upgraded to meet energy demands. This time in WV at a cost of $230 million!

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Article 1: Transmission work and constant upgrades are currently happening all across the country as our current systems are very outdated.

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Picture 10: Helicopters are used in so many rural transmission projects and having a background in aviation is one of the most amazing things to me.

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Picture 8: Underground transmission work is rare because of the overwhelming cost but sometimes is necessary. The planning the goes into such projects takes massive man power, time and energy.

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Picture 7: Two helis working together to construct the top of a transmission tower.

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Picture 6: Setting a cross member on a transmission tower on an new build! Incredible planning and strategizing.

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Picture 5: Building sub-stations is one of the most important factors in how consumers receive quality power all the time.

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Picture 9: Again, showing the man power that goes into underground transmission work.

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Picture 4: Three cranes working in sync with each other to build a new transmission structure. Lots of coordination and skill on a project this size.

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Picture 3: Three extended buckets, one crane and a very skilled crew work with one another to safely erect transmission tower on a new project!

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Picture 2: Crane and bucket truck working together on rural project.

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Picture 1: One of the most appealing aspects of the electrical transmission field is the use and coordination of cranes for various stages of the projects.

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Video 10
Sturgeon Electric Company -- Central Ferry to Lower Monumental Project -

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Sturgeon Electric Company -- Central Ferry to Lower Monumental Project -

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The 38-mile, 500-kilovolt line in Central Washington will connect the new Central Ferry Substation in Garfield County to the existing Lower Monumental Substation in Walla Walla County.

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One Nevada Transmission Line (ON-Line) -- Sturgeon Electric Company, Inc.

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One Nevada Transmission Line (ON-Line) -- Sturgeon Electric Company, Inc.

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MYR Group Inc. (MYR Group) subsidiary Sturgeon Electric Company, Inc. (Sturgeon Electric) has successfully finished construction of the 500kV One Nevada Transmission Line (ON-Line), an eagerly anticipated energy milestone that links Nevada Energy's northern and southern power grids for the first time. The 235-mile high-capacity line became operational in January, 2014.

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Video 8
Northwest Transmission Line Project

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Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Line Construction Overview

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Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Line Construction Overview

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The Interior to Lower Mainland (ILM) Transmission Project went into service in December 2015. It enables more electricity to be delivered from areas where it is generated - in the Columbia and the Peace regions - to the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, ensuring that homes and businesses continue to receive clean and reliable energy.

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IBEW Local 160 and the CAPX2020 Project

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http://www.IBEWHourPower.com IBEW Members from around the country join in the effort to help make the CAPX2020 transmission line project a reality. IBEW Hour Power is an online video magazine that is designed to highlight the pride, professionalism and success of the IBEW.

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CapX2020 sets transmission structure in a wetland

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CapX2020 sets transmission structure in a wetland

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During January 2011 construction of the CapX2020 Monticello-St. Cloud 345 kV transmission line, a heavy-lift helicopter was used to set a 150-foot steel structure in an environmentally sensitive wetland. The site was fully restored following construction work in March 2011.

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Helicopter Makes Quick Work of Line Construction

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Helicopter Makes Quick Work of Line Construction

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Watch as our crews use a helicopter to safely speed up construction on a transmission line. This delicate work saves the company and its customers both time and money. Let it roll!

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Underground Transmission Lines

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Fiber Optic Underground Horizontal Drilling

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Georgia Transmission explains why high-voltage power lines are rarely installed underground: prohibitive construction costs, shorter life expectancy, and slower repair time during outages.

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Henkels & McCoy - Power Transmission Line Wire Stringing

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Henkels & McCoy - Power Transmission Line Wire Stringing

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Henkels & McCoy - Wire stringing on a power transmission line. www.henkels.com

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TrAIL Transmission Line Construction

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TrAIL Transmission Line Transmission LIne Tower Construction Part

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Kenny Construction Company Project Videos Channel This

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The Construction of the TrAIL Transmission Line