Prowl power products in San Diego

If you work in this industry, you’ll probably well aware of DistribuTECH, one of the largest annual power grid and automation conferences in America, but did you know that DistribuTECH has a fun and precious littler brother in the Utility Products Conference and Exposition (UPCE)?

DistribuTECH may help you with your industry homework, but UPCE is waiting to show you the fun side of power products. It’s more hands on, less official. And, best of all, you probably can touch all the exhibits, even if that voice in the back of your head that sounds just like your mom tells you not to.

UPCE will be conveniently located in the same spot as DistribuTECH in February 2011---beautiful, sunny and warm San Diego. In fact, UPCE will be in the same building, the San Diego Convention Center, located waterside and adjacent to the fun and funky Gaslamp Quarter.

And, UPCE expands outside the typical power products area to include exhibits on: safety products, tools, repair, testing, fiber optics and cable, vehicles, monitoring, installation, cabinets, computers and other toys and spoils any lineman or utility worker would crave. Additionally, I hear we’re giving away an Artic Cat Prowler on the exhibit floor.

Off the floor, there is, like DistribuTECH, a conference side of things, though UPCE is more hands-on and less engineering “big picture”-oriented. You can hear about utility pole solutions, grounding practices and workforce automation, as well as getting that pesky transformer certification you always wanted.

So, come see UPCE in San Diego this February 1-3. We’ll take you on a personalized, hands-on tour of all the work tools that will make you drool. And, you can check us out online at www.utilityproductsexpo.com.