A Circleville, Ohio, company will provide Richmond Power & Light with a new 48-foot bucket truck.
RP&L’s board, which is composed of Richmond Common Council members, awarded the bid to Utility Truck Equipment during a July 6 meeting. The truck will cost $220,800 with a Feb. 19, 2027, estimated delivery date.
RP&L General Manager Tony Foster noted that Utility supplied the lower base bid, provided more trade value for a 2015 bucket truck and promised quicker delivery than a bid from Altec Industries. The line department’s substation division will use the bucket truck.
The board also granted Foster permission to seek bids for an all-terrain track loader and trailer.
Other items
- Foster informed the board that a recent hot spell resulted in 152 megawatts of electrical demand July 1. That was a 26% increase from the 120 megawatts of demand June 24.
- Caleb Barrett and Clayton Stiner represented RP&L in the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association’s lineman rodeo during June. The event provides educational opportunities as well as the rodeo competition, Foster said.
- RP&L and Foster received a philanthropic award from Townsend Community Center during a June 27 annual dinner.
A version of this article appeared in the July 15 2026 print edition of the Western Wayne News.
