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ATC uses drone to install bird diverters for the first time

We care about the environment, particularly in areas where our facilities are in close proximity to known avian flyways. That’s why this week, an ATC contractor will install over 450 bird diverters on the wires of three high-voltage electric transmission lines in three Wisconsin counties – Marinette, Ozaukee and Winnebago counties. Using a fully autonomous LineFly™ […]

Employees engage young learners at Woodland STEM Night

ATC employees recently participated in the Woodland Elementary STEM Night in Kingsford, Mich. About 300 kindergarten through fourth grade students and 500 parents attended the event. ATC was one of 16 local businesses to participate. Models and materials table ATC employees offered various models of transmission line structures, samples of conductor material, an insulator and […]

Is it a conductor or an insulator?

As a presenting sponsor of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Panthers women’s basketball with our Steals for STEM program, ATC engaged in a fun STEM activity with elementary and middle schoolers at UWM’s ‘School Day’ game at the university’s Klotsche Center on Friday, Jan. 20. Before the game, ATC employees invited children to play […]

ATC school visit stresses importance of cybersecurity

What type of activities are important to cyber security? You might be surprised at some of the well-informed answers an American Transmission Co. cybersecurity expert got when he asked the question in a fifth-grade classroom at Fairview School in Milwaukee. Students called out: Protecting their private information, logging into their accounts, with even one student […]

ATC awards $65,000 to 18 recipients for planting projects

ATC has collectively awarded $65,000 to 18 recipients across its service area to plant trees and low-growing vegetation through its Community Planting and Pollinator Habitat programs. Now in its 10th year, ATC has given over 300 community awards for these projects totaling more than $625,000. Vegetation funded through the Community Planting Program requires that communities […]