With terrestrial LiDAR, utilities have a solution that comes at a very opportune time. Substations that are candidates for expansion or refurbishment will consume engineering department resources as ...

Historically, light detection and ranging was used by utility engineers to aid in the design of transmission lines. The use of this technology has since been expanded to other areas that needed the ...

This report details how Midsouth Electric Cooperative leverages geospatial analysis, LiDAR, and environmental data to optimize vegetation management, reduce outages, and improve operational efficiency ...

Drive along nearly any major road in the United States and it won’t be long before you see evidence of the electrical grid. Whether it’s wooden poles strung along the right of way or a line of ...

“It depends.” When a disaster like Hurricane Florence strikes, that’s often the answer from transmission experts when asked how long before electricity is restored to a substation affected by ...

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The $8.4 million project north of Jennings Park is expected to be finished in October. It’s one part of a 10-year PUD plan. MARYSVILLE — Amid rapid growth in Marysville and the rest of the county, the ...