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 From Transmission & Distribution World | A Penton Media Publication |  December 13, 2011 Vol. 1, No. 13 
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Table Of Contents
A Time for Reflection
CMP Tree Care in Knox, Waldo, Hancock Counties Will Enhance Reliability
GeoDigital Acquires Powel, Inc
NERC Board Approves Vegetation Management Standard
Storm Hardening the Electric System
T&D World TV, Vegetation Management
Economic Justification for Herbicides
Have Vegetation Management Questions?


Top Story

A Time for Reflection
By Sig Guggenmoos, Editor, Vegetation Management Resource Center
 There’s something I always like to do as the year draws to a close. I find it good to reflect on the events, accomplishments and challenges over the year.


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Announcements

CMP Tree Care in Knox, Waldo, Hancock Counties Will Enhance Reliability
About three dozen communities in Knox, Waldo, and Hancock Counties are among about 200 cities and towns in central and southern Maine to benefit from Central Maine Power Company’s (CMP) tree care program during the second half of 2011.

GeoDigital Acquires Powel, Inc
Norway’s Powel AS has sold the assets of its U.S. subsidiary Powel, Inc., to digital mapping, imaging and data acquisition services firm GeoDigital International Inc.

NERC Board Approves Vegetation Management Standard
The NERC board has approved the Project 2007-07 Vegetation Management (FAC-003-2), which is a results-based, foundational standard that provides a defense in-depth approach to vegetation inspections and minimum clearance distances.

Highlights

Storm Hardening the Electric System
What actions can be taken to reduce tree-caused outages during storms? Is it possible to predict the reliability improvement available?

T&D World TV, Vegetation Management
Educational and entertaining; lots of arcing and sparking; from good felling techniques to what happens when rednecks get control of a chainsaw to shotgun trimming; from Moose Grunts to burning bears


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Goose the Moose

Economic Justification for Herbicides
Question from Glenn in Maine: I am looking for justification, i.e. studies, cost/benefit analysis, resources to defend my use of herbicides in my distribution line clearance program. I am not looking for the environmental hazards, etc. with the use of herbicides but rather how herbicides can reduce the long term cost of the distribution line clearance cycle.

Have Vegetation Management Questions?
What in the world is “Goose the Moose” beyond a play on the editor’s name and Canadian location?

The information presented and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the sponsors.

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