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Electric Line Workers Recognized On National Lineman Appreciation Day
April 1, 2014
Monday was National Lineman Appreciation Day with Gulf Power Company and Escambia River Electric Cooperative joining utility companies across the nation in recognizing the efforts of the men and women who work in all sorts of weather at all times of the day and night to keep electricity flowing.
“Whether it’s going on storm duty, restoring a customer’s power or just turning on someone’s power for the first time, the work Gulf Power crews do every day is to keep our customers at the center of everything we do,” said Jeff Rogers, Gulf Power Corporate Communications manager. “These men and women are truly heroes and this day is to honor them.”
Gulf Power has approximately 175 employees who work on the company’s transmission and distribution lines.
While the state Legislature has made August 26 Lineworker Appreciation Day in Florida, a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives set aside March 31 as National Lineman Appreciation Day.
“Our line workers are committed to getting customers’ power back on, whether here in Northwest Florida or across the country,” Rogers said. “That’s what they do and we’re proud they are being recognized for their efforts.”
Pictured top: EREC linemen work on Tungoil Road just off Highway 97 the morning on February 21 to rebuild a section of power lines destroyed by strong straight line winds. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “Electric Line Workers Recognized On National Lineman Appreciation Day”
I love all you guys. EREC is the BEST. Thank you all for your kindness, hard work, and diligence.
Byrneville Resident has it right — Thank You ALL.
Linemen take enormous risks every day. If a piece of equipment malfunctions or a line that was supposed to be dead, isn’t, they get hurt or killed. My hat is off to these mostly underpaid workers. They rush to the aid of storm victims as much as 1200 miles away and work long hours when they arrive. Hats off Guys.
I’d like to say a big “Thank You!” to all our faithful linemen and “linewomen” for the great service and the speed you seem to get us back online when we have an outage!