Outfitted with a long aluminum wire, this helicopter carries eight rotating saw blades to cut trees along a transmission ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) routinely trims trees located near power lines as a way to prevent outages in the event of severe weather. The most efficient way to do that in ...

Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim trees and ensure proper clearance around more than 400 miles of ...

FirstEnergy this week started deploying a helicopter-mounted aerial saw to proactively trim trees and vegetation along high-voltage power lines in Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties. So, ...

Company officials say the method allows crews to complete work more efficiently than traditional manual trimming.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Northeast Ohio residents may notice low-flying helicopters carrying large saws this fall, as FirstEnergy begins trimming trees and vegetation along high-voltage transmission lines in ...

If you see a 10-bladed saw longer than two school buses flying through the Berkshires this week, don't panic. It'll be here for some routine trimming. It's part of maintenance work Eversource will be ...

MIDDLETOWN, CT — As part of its efforts to ensure safe, reliable service for customers, Eversource Energy will be using a low-flying helicopter to trim tree limbs from the sides of a power line ...