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8/27/2025

Underestimating Contractor Readiness Could Cost Utilities $174B

Utilities are betting capital dollars on execution.Electric power utilities reached about $174 billion in capital expenditures by the end of 2024, with 42% allocated to...

Drone Powerline Inspection: What to Consider and How to Choose the Best Drone

Drones are transforming how electric utilities inspect powerlines, offering safer, faster, and more cost-effective solutions than traditional methods. But with so many drone...

How Utility Construction Companies Are Rethinking Asset Management

Utility distribution work has changed significantly in recent years, with portfolios now spanning feeder rebuilds, underground conversions, distribution substation upgrades, and...

Procurement as a Competitive Advantage: How Utility Construction Companies Are Getting Ahead of the Market

A transformer ordered today won’t show up for two to three years. Power transformers are averaging 128 weeks of lead time, and generator step-up units are running close to 144...

Fleet as a Margin Lever: What Utility Construction Companies Get Wrong About Equipment Strategy

Utility construction work has changed. Reactive project-by-project scopes have given way to proactive, geographically concentrated programs, with multi-year undergrounding...

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