Electricity Today T&D Magazine

Resiliency is a term used more and more by transmission line stakeholders including designers, operators, and owners. Resilience is simply defined as toughness or the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. It can be used to describe a system, an object or even a person. Dr. Ginsburg, child pediatrician and human development expert, proposes 7 C’s that make up being resilient – competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping and control. Although some of these words may not be the first choice for describing transmission-line resilience, they surprisingly apply.

Competence is the ability to handle difficult situations effectively. Transmission lines are found in practically every environmental condition and there is an optimum line design for the conditions it must endure. Confidence is the belief in the abilities demonstrated from competence. Transmission line stakeholders must have the highest level of confidence in the materials and practices being utilized. Connection is the tie to...