The low-flying helicopter swinging moving blades over the Akron-Canton area may look like something out of a horror movie, but it's just your friendly neighborhood power company taking aim at trees ...

Don't be alarmed if you are in western Massachusetts and see a tree-trimming saw dangling from a helicopter. Eversource on Tuesday is embarking on its campaign to maintain clearance near its ...

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, ...

ERIE, Pa., May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission Company (MAIT), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Like a hot knife through butter, an aerial saw equipped with 10 24 ...

There’s a reason Western Mass. residents might see a giant saw dangling from a helicopter over the next few weeks: Eversource is trimming trees from the sky. The utility has been using a low-flying ...

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Like a hot knife through butter, an aerial saw equipped with 10 24-inch carbide-tipped blades dangling 125 feet below a helicopter made quick work of tree limbs hanging over the ...

Residents shouldn’t be alarmed if they spot a 24-blade saw dangling from a helicopter in the coming weeks. FirstEnergy crews will conduct proactive tree trimming along high-voltage power lines in ...

FORT WAYNE, Indiana — Indiana Michigan Power, or I&M, is aiming to prevent power outages one helicopter flyover at a time. Tuesday, I&M began trimming trees near high voltage transmission lines in ...

(WANE) — Crews with Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) are taking to the skies over the next month to improve service reliability and minimize power outages. I&M is performing aerial inspections and tree ...

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 ...