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Alabama NewsCenter — Alabama Power’s Reid Buckner Is an Unsung Hero With an Extra Eye on Safety

| January 28, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

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By Savanah Kirchner

Reid Buckner is a “detective” who locates problems for Alabama Power before they become critical and create power system failures and outages. He uses infrared thermography to locate equipment that is overheated. Buckner, a marketing technician in the Enhanced Power Quality group, also focuses on problem-solving and analysis, helping assure that power is within the proper specifications.

“I was lucky enough to get the job in Power Quality and it’s turned out to be, I think, a good fit,” said Buckner, who has worked at the company for five years and joined his current team in 2019.

Upon entering the Power Quality group, Buckner underwent safety training at the General Services Complex in Calera, completed a power quality investigator training course hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute, and earned his Level 1 and 2 certifications in infrared thermography.

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