A First Energy Corp. line worker is shown with utility poles ... Alternative uses for poles typically include fencing, parking bollards, guide rail posts, landscaping or treated wood construction.

What’s the best way to assess and maintain your utility’s pole assets? For many electric utilities, the decision has been guided without strong empirical data to back the choice of inspection process.

Stella-Jones said that in the first nine months of the year it returned C$112 million to its shareholders through dividends and buybacks. Under a normal course issuer bid that began Nov. 14, 2023, it ...

To the editor: Do we really want it to be OK for someone to place their artwork on utility poles, which workers must climb to do their jobs near high-voltage equipment, which is extremely dangerous?

Coastkeeper and ERF sent a formal “Notice of Intent to Sue” letter to SDG&E in July 2023, alleging the utility stored PCP-treated poles at several of its maintenance yards without using appropriate ...