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/PRNewswire/ Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim trees and maintain.
Updated: 3:22 PM EDT May 18, 2021
YORK COUNTY, Pa. Metropolitan Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., said Tuesday it is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim trees and maintain electrical clearances along four difficult-to-access transmission line corridors crossing York and Adams Counties.
The work is expected to conclude by the end of the month, according to Met-Ed.
Maintaining proper clearances around transmission lines and electrical equipment can help reduce the frequency and duration of tree-related power outages, especially those associated with severe weather such as spring and summer thunderstorms, the company said.
The helicopter trimming trees along the transmission lines is a white Hughes MD500 with blue and yellow stripes prominently marked with a registration number of N53846 in blue paint.
/PRNewswire/ Metropolitan Edison (Met-Ed), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim trees and.
SCOTT McCLOSKEY Staff Writer
Photo Courtesy of AEP
Old transmission line tower equipment was removed from the hillsides above WV 2 near the Ohio County/Marshall County border with the assistance of a helicopter in recent weeks.
WHEELING Those travelling along WV 2 recently might have been craning their necks to catch a glimpse of a helicopter hovering around the Ohio County-Marshall County border. That copter was helping out an American Electric Power high-voltage transmission line project that wrapped up this past weekend.
AEP External Affairs Manager Joelle Moray said AEP Transmission has been in the process of replacing high voltage transmission lines and the line towers in a hilly wooded area between WV 2 near South Wheeling and the Mozart area over the past several months.