Outfitted with a long aluminum wire, this helicopter carries eight rotating saw blades to cut trees along a transmission ...

BEDFORD – Duke Energy plans to clear out vegetation overgrowth along several high-voltage power lines in the Bedford and ...

ERIE, Pa., May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission Company (MAIT), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Residents in Shreveport, Bossier, and surrounding areas may have heard and seen something unusual in the air this month as Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), took ...

The saw cleanly cuts tree limbs 8 to 10 inches in diameter, which fall straight to the ground propelled by air blasts from the helicopter rotors. Ground crews move limbs that have fallen onto roads, ...

Company officials say the method allows crews to complete work more efficiently than traditional manual trimming.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP)– Residents in several western Massachusetts communities will see helicopters flying overhead as Eversource begins tree-trimming operations. Eversource will be using a low-flying ...

Duke Energy officials have announced plans to clear vegetation overgrowth along several high-voltage power lines in the Bedford area. The project is expected to begin on or about Jan. 6 and take up to ...

Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) will trim trees around transmission power lines in Jefferson, Scott, Washington, Harrison, Crawford, Dubois, Perry and Spencer counties beginning Thursday, Jan. 9 and ...

PLAINFIELD – Duke Energy plans to clear out vegetation overgrowth along several high-voltage power lines in southern Indiana. The project will help ensure safe and reliable service across the Duke ...