As all electric cooperative line crews know, power restoration doesn't take a season off. They work year-round, at all hours and in all temperatures, to keep the lights on. Lineworkers repair poles and wires after derechos, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards. And sometimes, amid the hard work, they pause long enough to capture the moment.

Ahead of Lineworker Appreciation Day, NRECA asked member co-ops to share photos of their line crews at work in every season. Crew members took many of these photos themselves, showing their skill behind the camera as well as on the job.

Scroll through the collection of photos below to see the wide range of ways in which lineworkers navigate Mother Nature's extremes.

In west Tennessee, where Winter Storm Fern turned roads to skating rinks earlier this year, Caney Fork Electric Cooperative's Mike Brown trudges to the work site carrying about 100 pounds of gear. Crews from McMinnville-based Caney Fork EC were helping Pickwick Electric Cooperative for about a week.

Rain and fog are line crews' constant companions in the Pacific Northwest. Benton REA's Wade Warren, Seth Warren and Dylan Rodriguez replace wood poles with ductile iron poles in Prosser, Washington, in October 2025.

Amid a long and brutal northern Minnesota winter, Beltrami Electric Cooperative's Tanner Turn (kneeling) and Jared Vanasse use a torch to thaw a frozen lock on a pad mounted underground transformer after a nearby car accident damaged a pole.

On northern Minnesota's Turtle River Lake, Beltrami EC Line Foreman Ryan Rogers operates a cable trencher to lower a new underground cable beneath the ice as workers shovel mud back into place. In the background, local residents on snowmobiles pause to watch the action.

In the icy aftermath of Winter Storm Fern, Yazoo Valley EPA Apprentice Lineman Justin Milner (left) reattaches jumpers after cutting them open to restore traffic signals in a major intersection just outside Yazoo City, Mississippi, and farther north, Nick Ray (right) works to restore power for South Kentucky RECC.

Northern Neck Electric Cooperative's Chris Henry assists with a pole replacement in the co-op's Virginia service territory following Winter Storm Fern earlier this year.

In King George County, Virginia, Northern Neck Electric Cooperative Journeyman Lineworker Gena Boarman (then an apprentice) shows off her coordination skills while restoring power following Winter Storm Frida in 2022.

Winter Storm Nyla in 2025 was one for the books across much of the Midwest. Above left: Lineworkers from Midwest Electric Cooperative in Grant take part in a weeklong mutual aid effort at York-based Perennial Public Power District in Nebraska. Above right: Then-line apprentice Jade Pringnitz was among the Prairie Energy Cooperative crew members who were stranded in whiteout conditions while responding to wind-related outages in Iowa.

West Central Electric Cooperative's Tim Frerking battles heavy, wet snow while repairing lines near Higginsville, Missouri, in 2013. Snow drifts exceeding 42 inches forced the co-op to call in mutual aid from sister co-ops.

Near Orleans, Indiana, Orange County REMC's Jacob Harrell and Scott Strange help make repairs after a tornado swept through the co-op's service area, causing outages for five days.

Orange County REMC's Amos Murphy cuts a tree limb off a power line after a tornado swept through the co-op's service area.

Near Arkadelphia, Arkansas, South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative crews add switches as a fiery sunrise breaks over a cold morning.

Near Lewistown, Montana, Fergus Electric Cooperative Lineman Dakota Wahl and Apprentice Lineman Jason Deffinbaugh replace a broken crossarm after a severe wind and snowstorm swept through the central part of the state last month. Winds exceeded 100 mph at a nearby mountain peak.

Fergus EC's Louie Hould, Luke Wood and Travis Sura replace circuit coordination equipment after a winter storm dropped more than two feet of snow across the central part of the state last month.

A 2025 storm that swept through Victoria Electric Cooperative's Texas service area complicated John Rodarte's attempts to isolate broken poles. With no other access to the outside phase, Rodarte climbed the pole to complete the work.

Nueces Electric Cooperative's Jonathon Pena cools off with a snow cone from a grateful member after a storm brought intense straight-line winds and caused significant damage across Alice, Texas.

Sometimes the best conditions to complete the job require sub-freezing temperatures. Near the Canadian border, Minnkota Power Cooperative's Joey Hanson and Cody Olsen set a new 230-kV pole, a job that requires using an ice road to access the infrastructure.

Minnkota Power Cooperative crews logged “crazy hours" last summer responding to storm damage. In June, a devastating series of summer storms left thousands of members without power, including peak outages of 80% at a distribution co-op. Here, the Grand Fork, North Dakota-based G&T's Heath James and other crew members work through the night. Another storm soon followed, causing even more damage.

With icy water up to their knees, crews from Minnkota Power Cooperative spent hours replacing and restoring downed lines on behalf of Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative following a spring blizzard in April 2022. The Columbus, North Dakota-based co-op lost several miles of transmission line and about 1,900 poles.

Sunny days are ideal conditions for complex line upgrades that require a helicopter. This past January, near Eagle, Colorado, Holy Cross Energy crews upgrading distribution service poles await the aircraft's arrival.

Above left: In Tennessee, Powell Valley Electric Cooperative's Sam Shipley changes a broken crossarm while helping Pickwick Electric Cooperative restore power after Winter Storm Fern earlier this year. Above right: In this artful shot near Selmer, Tennessee, Gibson EMC's Donny Thomas (standing) and line apprentice Brock Swaw work in freezing temperatures to assist Pickwick EC.

North Carolina co-ops won't soon forget Hurricane Helene in September 2024. In Clyde, linemen from Rutherford EMC assist Haywood EMC in repairing a transmission pole bent by the historic storm's flooding. Crews worked from both the ground and bucket trucks to remove tension, attach new guy wires and straighten the pole.

A spring 2025 tornado in Oklahoma left a tangled mess of storm debris for Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative's Jamison Evers to clear from a roadway that line crews needed to access to restore power.

Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative's Garrett Davis replaces a broken utility pole following a spring 2025 tornado, highlighting the skill, safety and dedication required to rebuild damaged infrastructure and restore electric service during severe weather.

Line crews from Central Iowa Power Cooperative's Wilton district restore power after severe storms and 19 tornadoes tore through the state in May 2024. More than 100 transmission poles were downed or damaged across the system.