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

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

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

Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim trees and ensure proper clearance around more than 400 miles of ...

FirstEnergy this week started deploying a helicopter-mounted aerial saw to proactively trim trees and vegetation along high-voltage power lines in Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties. So, ...

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 ...

Don't be alarmed if you are in western Massachusetts and see a tree-trimming saw dangling from a helicopter. Eversource on Tuesday is embarking on its campaign to maintain clearance near its ...

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – It’s a bird, it’s a plane… actually, it’s a helicopter you may notice flying near power lines for Indiana Michigan Power (I&M). During the week of May 13, I&M workers are ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) routinely trims trees located near power lines as a way to prevent outages in the event of severe weather. The most efficient way to do that in ...