Allegheny Power Restores Service to 115,000 Customers after Friday's Violent Storm
Allegheny Power has restored service to more than 115,000 customers impacted by Friday’s severe weather....
Central Hudson Conducting Self-Assessment Phase of Storm Response
In the aftermath of the most significant storm event in its history, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. (New York state) is conducting a formal and comprehensive self-assessment to enhance the effectiveness of its storm emergency plan and to identify opportunities where performance may be improved in future emergencies....
FPL Reports Strong Reliability in 2009; Outlines Plans for Infrastructure Improvements in 2010
In a filing with the Florida Public Service Commission today, Florida Power & Light Co. reported delivering another year of outstanding reliability for customers in 2009 and outlined plans for continued investment in reliability and storm preparedness in 2010....
The Digital Future
Maps are so old school. Today it is all about satellites, remote sensing and GPS. Our readers are wired, using Google Earth, Virtual Earth, MapQuest and...
LiDAR: Illuminating Hazardous Vegetation
Vegetation management for overhead lines predates the transmission of electric power by something like 30 years. Surprising? Well, the telegraph line...
CenterPoint Energy Responds to Ike
ON SEPT. 13, 2008, HURRICANE IKE MADE LANDFALL ON THE TEXAS COAST, near the city of Galveston. Ike was a Category 2 hurricane in terms of its 110-mph...
Technology Advances Vegetation Management
TREES AND THEIR LIMBS MAKING CONTACT WITH HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION CONDUCTORS have been a contributing factor in several major power system disturbances...
PECO: Storms Caused 67% of Power Outages During Summer Season
PECO said 44 percent of power outages that affected its customers this year occurred mainly during July and August, about double the monthly average....
From the desk of the president: We Are Not Tree Trimmers
Trimming is widely used as a synonym for pruning. By extension, it is common for utilities to refer to their vegetation management departments as tree-trimming...
Aerial Laser Surveying
If a Tree Falls in the Forest and no One Hears it, is the Tree Really a Hazard? If a tree causes a Clearance 2 violation and no one knows it happened,...
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