Utility Products Articles, June 2010

Table of Contents

Feature Story

Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference 2010 Preview

The theme for this year's Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference (EUFMC) is "A Sustainable Pathway to Your Fleet's Future."

More Than Buzzwords

The image of a company like good looks and fashionable clothes for a person's neighbor in the street, office or classroom is not the whole story.

Product Focus

Safety

Functional, Interactive Voltage Labels: Identify, Verify and Locate All Voltage Sources

Everyone wins when a maintenance worker is able to approach an electrical enclosure and obtain instant information on every voltage source feeding into that enclosure without opening a panel door.

Line Construction

Composite Utility Poles Emerge as Winner in Many Regions and Climates

Utility lines span the country, ubiquitous, nearly invisible, crisscrossing the landscape and delivering power to millions of Americans in all climates and regions from cities, suburbs, farms and fields to deserts, marshes and mountains.

Tools & Supplies

Pole Inspections Go Digital

During a pole inspection request for proposal (RFP) meeting between Alamon Telco Inc a business that provides skilled contract personnel to the electric and telecommunications industry and a client, a discussion concerning inspection methodologies revealed that the majority of telephone companies and electric utilities utilize four basic "approved" inspection methods that have existed for many years.

Manage Unlimited Number of Lockable Tool Storage Units Simultaneously

It's all about networking in tool control as well as in business.

Vehicles & Accessories

Ten Ways to Cut Summer Fuel Costs

It's summer and as predictable as barbeques and family vacations gas prices are creeping up.

Pickup Trucks Outfitted With Custom Caps Can Outlive Utility Bodies

The utility truck is one of the most valuable resources for today's electric and telecommunications fleets, serving as a mobile toolbox that hauls everything from electrical wiring, hammers and nails to personal protective equipment (PPE) and other equipment.

S.A.F.E. at Work

Safety Ensures Your Top 100

It was hard for Ann Nelson, even at 30 years old, to hold back her excitement. Her mom and dad, Jenette and Gary, could hear that exhilaration through the phone, even all the way back home in Stanley, N.D. Ann had called to report that she had landed her dream job.

Departments

Editor's Letter

PennWell Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary

PennWell Corp., the company that owns Utility Products magazine, turns 100 this year.

New Products Showcase

This Issue

Volume 7
Issue 6
June 2010