Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, warns that many U.S. wooden utility poles are up to 90 years old, posing serious risks during storms. Utilities lack the funds to replace them ...

Updated: Apr 29, 2024 / 11:40 PM EDT KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Kalamazoo is one of the cities that will soon be getting an upgrade to its wooden utility poles from Consumers Energy.

Salt River Project (SRP) has recycled more than 500 tons of previously unrecyclable wooden utility poles, successfully diverting them from Arizona landfills. The poles, which are used to support ...

A: Chris L. Phillips, electric operations superintendent for Dothan Utilities, said in an email that Osmose inspects a percentage of Dothan Utilities’ poles annually. “Currently wood poles are ...

Two weeks after a fierce dust storm toppled roughly 70 wooden utility poles across the Las Vegas Valley, crippling businesses on east Tropicana Avenue, NV Energy confirmed it has replaced the ...