Bird on a Wire

This is a stock photo, not the actual perpetrator. Not too long ago, a raccoon wreaked havoc in the Medical District . On Friday, it was a s...

Last week I took a field trip to substation 4 with some of the engineers to check out the new safety features, environmental upgrades, and d...

A behind the scenes explanation of some of the repairs we were dealing with last week... The power transformers found in our substations are...

U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen (D-Tenn. 9th), Marsha Blackburn (R-Ten...

A little "engineer humor" from one of our Power and Structures engineers...Enjoy! It’s the 21st century and most of us have either...

The latest news from our bird-watching substation engineer... Friday, July 18th, Substation 85 in Lakeland quietly came on line. But it was ...

Happy Fourth of July! I thought I'd share some safety related technical info with you today so that when you get around to setting off y...

Another installment from our birdwatching Substation Engineer... House Finch Versus 161 kV – Substation 31 Why doesn’t a bird get electrocut...

Substation 71 in the Hickory Hill area was de-energized last night due to damage from debris. Nearby warehouses were completely destroyed an...

As you can see from our masthead, we literally deal with birds on electrical wires everyday. Memphis is right in the middle of the Mississip...