Letter: Join me in thanking lineworkers on April 18
Letter to the editor
It’s easy to take reliable power for granted. You flip a switch and the lights turn on – you don’t have to wonder how it happened or who made it happen. It just happens.
It might sound strange, but that’s exactly what we want at Duke Energy. Of course, electricity is an absolutely essential part of life, but on a day-to-day basis, we want you to focus on your families, your work, and other things that really matter to you – not us.
One of the few exceptions is Lineworker Appreciation Day. This observance, celebrated on April 18, is an opportunity to recognize all the time and effort that goes into delivering power to your homes and businesses. It’s a chance to show our gratitude for the lineworkers who take time away from their loved ones – missing birthdays, graduations, and other major milestones – to ensure you, their friends and neighbors, stay safe and connected.
Because, at least at Duke Energy, the lineworkers who are building and maintaining our electric infrastructure often live in the same communities they serve. They’re invested – professionally and personally – in making the grid more resilient, reducing disruptions and allowing for quicker restoration when outages do occur.
From implementing smart, self-healing technology (think of it like a GPS for power) to strategically undergrounding power lines in outage-prone areas to replacing wooden power poles with more durable material like concrete or steel, lineworkers – and all of us at Duke Energy, for that matter – are constantly working to strengthen our system.
As Lineworker Appreciation Day approaches, I hope you’ll join me in thanking the dedicated men and women who help keep the lights on for us 365 days a year.
Melissa Seixas, State President, Duke Energy Florida
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While thanking the linemen which are always recognized when we see them while we are out and about watching them doing linework and such. Lets not forget those who keep all the equipment they are using in top working order. The Support Staff of highly trained Mechanic/Technicians who also spend countless hours away from their families. They spend many hours in the classroom gaining knowledge to keep the linemen 60 ft or higher in the air to repair the electrical infrastructure of our power grids. The Support Services deserves a few cudo’s now and then and are often overlooked because they are behind the scenes in a shop somewhere. There is more going on behind the scenes than you know. Teachers should take their class on fieldtrips to power plants and mechanic shops and such instead of playgrounds now and then.