Vegetation Management Insights - Sep 12th, 2023
 
 
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Vegetation Management Insights

How Electric Utilities Run IVM and Wildfire Mitigation Programs
 
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ROW management is about partnership, and partners must communicate effectively.
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Understanding traditional land and vegetation management practices can shape modern strategies.
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Corteva Agriscience offers industry-leading products, solutions and support to meet the unique needs of utility vegetation managers. As your trusted partner, Corteva helps you protect infrastructure, the environment and your bottom line.

PG&E's Dave Canny is one of several California wildfire mitigation experts who will discuss related electric utility challenges during a Sept. 12 panel, 'California Wildfire Mitigation Plans and Strategies.'
Derek Sang of Bulwark FR shares strategies for lineworkers to get maximum protection from FR clothing through proper selection, care, maintenance and use.
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The solution ensures safer and more reliable operations by effectively mitigating threats, ultimately enhancing overall efficiency for clients.
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Bareground sites free of weeds mean clearer lines of sight, safer operations and a reduced risk of wildfires. Your partners at Envu have you covered with an early application rundown to give you more control and flexibility — and less stress.

Establishing a risk-planning index, with defined risk thresholds customized to a utility, is the next step in wildfire risk mitigation.
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The Utility Arborist Association is the premier organization for individuals and companies dedicated to providing professional utility arboricultural services. Members of the UAA and their employers have a commitment to maintaining trees and other vegetation to ensure the safe and reliable distribution of energy— electric, oil and gas—to businesses...
In part one of this two-part series, Duke Energy shares how a remote-sensing program has transformed the way it manages vegetation.
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Wood utility poles have served for more than a century as the backbone to the North American electrical distribution system. The conference will review new developments and recognized best practices for wood pole overhead systems.