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PatsFreak101 t1_j1qpsnh wrote

Reply to comment by elt0p0 in In the U.S., Maine has the longest power outages. by Zippykalzoo

They stopped doing maintenance about the time they were bought out by foreign interests.

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gunksmtn1216 t1_j1qvbjc wrote

Every circuit gets cut every 5 years. This isn’t true

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indyaj t1_j1qxl27 wrote

That is not enough. Obviously.

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gunksmtn1216 t1_j1qydxh wrote

Unless you clear cut 50ft from the conductor you’re going to have vegetation related outages. CMP has one of the more intensive specs in the industry.

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indyaj t1_j1qzpz8 wrote

It's not about clear cutting. It's about the 5 year plan which is bullshit in a state with so many trees, and a variable amount in each area. We're all being managed under the same restrictive tenet. It needs to not only be more frequent in the troublesome areas but it can't be as rigid as it is. I've sent pictures of huge trees teetering over lines, basically my next power outage when the wind blows over 5mph, and they won't come out and manage it. They're like "5 year plan. we don't do maintenance outside of that." Then the wind blows, the tree takes out the lines and 1000 people are out of power for hours.

My point is there are better ways to do this other than what they're doing.

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Technical-Role-4346 t1_j1r6qq2 wrote

Perhaps they have reduced maintenance but I noticed a lot of old poles being replaced proactively the last couple of summers.
In my neighborhood they replaced guy wires and anchors this past summer. Many of the outages were caused by trees uprooted and toppled by high winds. Predicting which trees might be uprooted is not easy. Cutting everything within 50+ feet would not be welcome in most neighborhoods. I live in a city and lost power for only about 6 hours.

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6byfour t1_j1rsw9o wrote

Source?

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PatsFreak101 t1_j1s9d55 wrote

The fact anytime they actual do tree trimming it’s reported in all the news outlets so we see them doing it despite the fact outages are worse than ever from tree damage

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