Butler Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., located in El Dorado, KS, selects T&D PowerSkills Learning Management System (LMS) to support their lineworker training program. Butler REC supplies electric power to 7,000 meters through 1,850 miles of transmission and distribution lines and owns 13 substations in the Butler, Chase, Cowley, Greenwood, Harvey, Marion and Sedgwick counties located in the Kansas state area.

The U.S. State Dept. has approved nearly $2 billion of high-voltage transmission lines that will bring low-cost Canadian renewable energy to the U.S. The department on Dec. 5 approved construction of the $1.2-billion New England Clean Power Link, between eastern Canada and Vermont, and last month green-lighted the $710-million Great Northern Transmission Line, between Manitoba and Minnnesota.

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DOL Announces A Final Rule Updating its Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship Regulations

On April 11, 2014, OSHA promulgated a final rule revising the general industry and construction standards for work on electric power generation, transmission and distribution installations. On February 13, 2015, OSHA entered into a settlement agreement with the Edison Electric Institute, the Utility Line Clearance Coalition, and the Tree Care Industry Association resolving legal challenges to that final rule.

Alpena Community College, selects T&D PowerSkills Instructor-led courses to support their Utility Technology program. The program will include two semesters of study in practical theory and hands-on training using actual equipment and materials in classroom, laboratory, and field settings. ACC plans to offer this training in a one-year or applied science associates degree for entry-level line installers and repairers.