Derrick Jensen on operations
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“We actually set up a fly yard — we needed to make sure that all of the components were going to work. You would start the day out with a plan and without question at some point that plan would deviate.”
On , Derrick Jensen, Executive Vice President of Business Operations at Quanta Services Inc, spoke about operations during Gateway South: Pioneering the New Quanta Way // Quanta Services on Quanta Services.
About Derrick Jensen
Derrick Jensen, an author and environmental activist, discussed the Gateway South transmission line project in a November 2025 Quanta Services video. He described it as a 425-mile, 500 KV line from Wyoming to central Utah, calling it "hands down the most challenging job I've been a part of." Jensen noted that the project involved nearly 21 operating units, encountered easement issues and delays from the Bureau of Land Management, and required helicopter access for 27 roadless sites. He stated that the line was energized three weeks prior to the video and that the experience "laid the groundwork for our next projects." In earlier appearances from 2024 and 2023, Jensen argued that civilization is "inherently unsustainable" and that the environmental movement has shifted from protecting wild places to "sustaining this destructive culture a little bit longer." He said that "the only level of technology that has ever been sustainable is the Stone Age" and that "the dominant culture will continue to grind away until it collapses under the weight of its own ecological destructiveness." Jensen also criticized marijuana legalization, stating it has been "a disaster for marijuana culture and for communities in the Emerald Triangle," and argued that it represents "a transfer of wealth from family farmers to governments and to those who are rich enough to enter the market."