This work examining under what conditions trees cause service interruptions led to more such research and more importantly, to a revolution in maintenance priorities and practices.Read more...
At BGE, changes in vegetation management practices were required to improve upon system reliability. Due to resource limitations, a systematic approach to vegetation management was implemented. Vegetation management activities were prioritized by voltage class and construction type. Concurrent with this process, actual impacts to service reliability from tree/wire contacts were investigated through controlled testing. With some modification, the testing validated the systematic management approach.
William T. Rees, Jr., Timothy C. Birx, Daniel L. Neal, Cory J. Summerson, Frank L. Tiburzi, Jr., and James A. Thurber, P.E.; International Society of Arboriculture Conference; Presented in Halifax, NS; 1994