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The Spillway Saga: IBEW Members Work to Repair Damage at Oroville Dam
… State Water Project. But in February 2017, all of that changed, and the dam quickly transformed from a powerful resource to a potential threat. … After a series of massive rainstorms tore through the state, the dam’s operators noticed significant … were in the emergency spill channel. They utilized a helicopter to take down the power lines and towers and completed the work the day before the lake water entered the emergency spillway. The PG&E crews were then tasked with building a shoo-fly … figure things out, and as soon as they figure something out, they tell the next crew…that’s the brotherhood of [the IBEW] right there, everybody teaching each other and showing each other the ‘tricks’ they’ve picked up. And the learning curve—how …