US Energy Says 20,000 New Linemen Needed for Rising Electricity Needs
Electrical linemen—highly-trained and well-paid—are needed in the next decade to power-up a rapidly expanding grid. Billy Lang is a commercial truck driver, medic, tree-trimmer, pole-climber, high-wire engineer, and whatever else it takes to keep the lights on. Lang, 33, of New Milford, Connecticut, is a Class B Journeyman Lineman, one of about 120,000 who tend