In this video from Amherst police, a truck can be seen hitting a low-hanging wire, causing it to yank some crash debris that struck and injured an officer.

A utility worker installs a weather station on a utility pole. Utility poles can be tempting public locations to post signs for missing pets, garage sales and community events, but HECO says ...

Nearly 175 years after America’s first wooden utility poles were installed to carry telegraph wires from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, they have become a classic element of the American landscape.

After an in-depth review of pole materials, the utility installed 30 composite poles in Virginia Beach and looks ahead to more installations. For engineers at electric utilities, the pressure is on to ...

Hawaiian Electric reminds the public that attaching signs to utility poles is illegal and poses a safety hazard for utility workers. A number of campaign signs recently had to be removed from utility ...

GLENS FALLS – Two utility poles outside of The Pines were knocked down Tuesday afternoon after a delivery truck struck a low-hanging wire. The live wires were pulled down and power was briefly ...

“The feedback I get is that the crews don’t ever want us to go back to wood poles,” he said. Steel poles are pre-drilled to the utility’s specifications by the manufacturer so there is little drilling ...

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - A Coca-Cola truck brought down three utility poles in Yuma on Tuesday. Yuma police say it happened around noon. The truck was making a right turn around Arizona Avenue ...

Director of Code Enforcement Carl Johnson is asking representatives from Rhode Island Energy to clean hundreds or even ...

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ikeGPS (IKE), a leading provider of data acquisition and analysis solutions for overhead power and communication networks, proudly announces the ...

57% OF ITS CUSTOMERS. HUNDREDS OF UTILITY POLES ARE BROKEN IN LAURENS COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORE RURAL PARTS OF THE AREA. IT IS CREATING A CHALLENGE FOR CREWS TO RESTORE POWER, SO IT COULD BE ...