Vegetation Management

Utilities use herbicides to control vegetation growth and trim trees away from power lines to ensure system reliability and resilience.

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Vegetation Management

LUMA Energy's Work Plan For Puerto Rico

March 25, 2024
The utility aims to boost reliability and resiliency by focusing on vegetation management, automation and substation modernization.
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Preventing Ergonomic Injuries in Utility Vegetation Management

Oct. 2, 2023
Since ergonomic injuries are one of the leading work-related hazards, it is important to understand how ergonomics affect job tasks and how to properly complete said tasks.
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2023 Trees & Utilities: Live from Pittsburgh

Sept. 19, 2023
The annual event brings utility vegetation management professionals together for networking and education.
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Striving for Sustainability in Vegetation Management

July 13, 2023
SMUD achieves ROW Stewardship re-accreditation for its integrated vegetation management program.
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Transmission Vegetation Management Transformation Part II

July 10, 2023
In part two of this two-part article series, Duke Energy shares how its WorkPASS program has transformed the way it executes vegetation management work.

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Wildfire Risk Mitigation

Feb. 16, 2022
Learn about the tools and practices that minimize power equipment caused fires.
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U.S. Department Of The Interior Announces $79 Million To Support Wildland Fire Management

April 12, 2024
The department is investing $1.5 billion over five years to support its wildland firefighting workforce and increase the resilience of communities and lands experiencing wildfires...
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Vegetation Management

Wildfire Risk is Business Risk: A Vegetation Management Program with AI at its Core - Part Two

April 9, 2024
Utilities must prepare to operate in an environment where climate change poses an inherent risk to their vegetation management strategy.
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Saluting Branches Names Renee Bissett as New President

April 9, 2024
Saluting Branches, a non-profit organization that honors American service men and women by organizing volunteer tree and landscape care for the property dedicated to veterans,...
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Tree-Trimming Work Underway to Help Prevent or Minimize Power Outages in West Virginia

April 9, 2024
Mon Power and Potomac Edison's $84.7 million tree-trimming program will help keep power flowing to customers by helping to prevent tree-related outages, such as those that can...