Closed and Holding: The Stories Behind The Grid

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Closed and Holding is a PowerOutage.com podcast for the men and women who keep the grid alive. Hosted by Thomas Williamson, a journeyman lineman, the show highlights the conversations that never make it off the right of way — storm calls, near misses, leadership, laughs, and the brotherhood built on the job. Each episode brings on guests from across the industry: linemen, contractors, and the people building the tools crews rely on, to talk about what it actually takes to get the lights back on.

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    Ep 1 - Building the PowerOutage.com Lineman App

    Welcome to the first episode of Closed and Holding! Host Thomas Williamson, a journeyman lineman, sits down with Matt Hope, CEO of PowerOutage.com, to talk storms, the origin story of the PowerOutage.com Lineman app, and what's next for the industry. Matt breaks down how PowerOutage.us became PowerOutage.com, why linemen pushed back on a website redesign, and how that feedback turned into a brand-new app built specifically for crews in the field. They also dig into the chaos of storm call-outs and pre-staging, and the plans PowerOutage.com has to make that process a whole lot less painful. Download the PowerOutage.com Lineman app on the App Store — search "PowerOutage.com Lineman." Visit PowerOutage.com for live outage data and to learn more about the mission behind the company. Got a topic, a question, or a storm story that's too good not to tell? Email Thomas at thomas@poweroutage.com. Chapters: (02:14) - From Website to App: How PowerOutage.com Started (03:13) - The Website Changes That Upset Linemen (04:17) - Building the Lineman App from Scratch (04:42) - Favorite Feature: Local View (05:09) - Linemen Feedback (The Good and the Blunt) (06:41) - Positive Response Since Launch (07:14) - Origin of Closed and Holding: PowerGridTalks (08:17) - Why the Podcast Belongs in the App (08:46) - Where to Find Closed and Holding (09:23) - Finding and Downloading the PowerOutage.com Lineman App (10:08) - Referral Program: Invite Your Crew (11:02) - The Plan: Fixing the Storm Call-Out Process (11:48) - The Chaos of Pre-Staging and Call-Outs (12:55) - Listening to Linemen: Building What's Actually Needed (15:15) - Why This Matters: The Mission Behind PowerOutage.com (16:34) - Why the Switch from .us to .com (18:08) - Outro: Follow, Share Your Story, and Stay Safe If you enjoyed this episode, follow and share it with your crew.

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Closed and Holding is a PowerOutage.com podcast for the men and women who keep the grid alive. Hosted by Thomas Williamson, a journeyman lineman, the show highlights the conversations that never make it off the right of way — storm calls, near misses, leadership, laughs, and the brotherhood built on the job. Each episode brings on guests from across the industry: linemen, contractors, and the people building the tools crews rely on, to talk about what it actually takes to get the lights back on.

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