To erect them he used 6-1/2-foot steel T-posts spaced 5 feet apart. The wire mesh was attached using pull-tight plastic bundling straps. He wound up with seven 70-foot rows that stood up to “the ...

NV Energy has embarked on a significant project to replace aging power poles on Mount Charleston, aiming to enhance service and mitigate forest fire risks. The initiative, running from mid-October ...

In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat … ...

Compounding the problem is that many of the utility’s 60,000, mostly wooden power poles, which its own documents described as built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the ...

Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires Many power poles on Maui were built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the end of their ...

Compounding the problem is that many of the utility’s 60,000, mostly wooden power poles, which its own documents described as built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the ...