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By Stephen Minkler, Dreamstime
The first vibration study was performed in 2019 on an in-service 12-kV line in Hemet, California. The town is about 80 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

Mark Burns

Mark R. Burns ([email protected]) is the market manager of utility distribution products at Preformed Line Products (PLP). He supports and develops products for the installation, repair and protection of conductors. Burns has 29 years of experience designing and analyzing complex distribution and transmission systems. He began his utility career at Ohio Edison, now FirstEnergy Corp., working in distribution capacity planning and system design. Burns has a BSEE technology degree from The University of Akron in Ohio.