कारोबार, पा।, 13 मई 2021 /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 maintain electrical clearances along four difficult-to-access transmission line corridors crossing यॉर्क और एडम्स Counties. The work is expected to conclude by the end of May.
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 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. The helicopter and saw are owned and operated by Aerial Solutions and will work only as weather conditions permit.
The aerial saw will trim trees along the sides of 50 miles of four high-voltage transmission lines including:
- A 230-kilovolt (kV) line in यॉर्क काउंटी near the Susquehanna River between ब्रूनर द्वीप और Yorkana
- A 230-kV line in यॉर्क काउंटी जो से चलता है Yorkana toward Freysville, Spry, Leader Heights and नई सलेम बोरो
- A 115-kV line in एडम्स काउंटी that runs from Hunterstown just north of गैटिसबर्ग की ओर गार्डनर ने
- A 115-kV line in यॉर्क काउंटी that runs from Tolna, crossing I-83 near श्रेव्सबुरी की ओर ग्लेन रॉक
Suspended on a boom beneath the helicopter and equipped with multiple 24-inch rotary blades, the aerial saw is typically deployed along transmission lines in areas that are environmentally sensitive or inaccessible to bucket trucks and other vehicles. This fast, safe and efficient method of trimming typically covers more area in a day than a ground crew might complete in a week. The saw also eliminates the risk of injury to workers using bucket trucks or climbing trees to cut limbs near high voltage equipment.
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 roadways, yards, agricultural fields or in streams into adjacent wooded areas. The ground crew will also flag and stop motorists along roads if the helicopter saw is working nearby.
The helicopter flies above and alongside transmission lines and may circle around to perform additional trimming. The pilot communicates with local airport personnel whenever the helicopter is operating within their air space.
Since the beginning of the year, tree contractors have trimmed along nearly 1,200 miles of distribution and transmission lines in the Met-Ed area as part of the company’s 28 $ मिलियन vegetation management program for 2021. Met-Ed’s program remains on schedule to complete an additional 2,000 miles of work by year end.
Trimming trees around power lines is critical to providing reliable electric service for Met-Ed customers. In 2020, Met-Ed experienced 11 percent fewer tree-related outages than in 2019.
मेट-एड पूर्वी और दक्षिणपूर्वी 580,000 वर्ग मील के भीतर लगभग 3,300 ग्राहकों को सेवा देता है पेंसिल्वेनिया। ट्विटर पर Met-Ed को फॉलो करें @ मेट एड और फेसबुक पर www.facebook.com/MetEdElectric.
FirstEnergy अखंडता, सुरक्षा, विश्वसनीयता और परिचालन उत्कृष्टता के लिए समर्पित है। इसकी 10 विद्युत वितरण कंपनियां देश की सबसे बड़ी निवेशक-स्वामित्व वाली इलेक्ट्रिक प्रणाली बनाती हैं, जिसमें ग्राहकों की सेवा की जाती है ओहियो, पेंसिल्वेनिया, नयी जर्सी, पश्चिम वर्जीनिया, मेरीलैंड और न्यूयॉर्क। कंपनी की ट्रांसमिशन सहायक कंपनियां लगभग 24,000 मील की ट्रांसमिशन लाइन संचालित करती हैं जो मिडवेस्ट और मिड-अटलांटिक क्षेत्रों को जोड़ती हैं। FirstEnergy पर ऑनलाइन का पालन करें www.firstenergycorp.com और ट्विटर पर @फर्स्टएनर्जीकॉर्प.
संपादक का नोट: Action photos of the aerial saw are available for download on फ़्लिकर. A video explaining FirstEnergy’s vegetation management techniques can also be found on यूट्यूब.
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