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.

Eversource has been using helicopters at various spots around the state to cut tree branches near remote transmission lines.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Crews with Eversource are using helicopters to trim trees across Connecticut. According to Eversource officials, the goal is to prevent trees from falling onto transmission ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Duke Energy officials have announced plans to clear vegetation overgrowth along several high-voltage power lines in the Bedford ...

A helicopter has been flying low in Orangeburg County, causing at least one reader to wonder what is dangling from a long cord beneath it. In an email to The T&D, the reader notes the helicopter is ...