Compounding the problem is that many of the utility’s 60,000, mostly wooden power poles, which its own documents described as built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the ...

As for the poles, in a 2019 Hawaiian Electric regulatory document, the company said its 60,000 poles, nearly all wood, were vulnerable because they were already old and Hawaii is in a “severe ...

There are more than 100 million wood utility poles in the United States, according to Brooks and utility and industry groups. Made from Douglas fir in the Northwest, yellow pine in the South, and ...

As for the poles, in a 2019 Hawaiian Electric regulatory document, the company said its 60,000 poles, nearly all wood, were vulnerable because they were already old and Hawaii is in a “severe ...

Many power poles on Maui were built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the end of their projected life. Google street view images of poles taken before the fire show the ...

As for the poles, in a 2019 Hawaiian Electric regulatory document, the company said its 60,000 poles, nearly all wood, were vulnerable because they were already old and Hawaii is in a "severe wood ...

Wood poles can be produced much faster than other materials and can be quickly shipped to where needed. “Utilities can count on wood pole treaters to get what they need to bring power back online.

An Ameren initiative to repurpose retiring wood utility poles for commercial applications prevented 2,100 tons of wood waste from being discarded in area landfills last year. On average, Ameren ...

As for the poles, in a 2019 Hawaiian Electric regulatory document, the company said its 60,000 poles, nearly all wood, were vulnerable because they were already old and Hawaii is in a “severe ...

As for the poles, in a 2019 Hawaiian Electric regulatory document, the company said its 60,000 poles, nearly all wood, were vulnerable because they were already old and Hawaii is in a “severe ...

Many power poles on Maui were built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the end of their projected life. Google street view images of poles taken before the fire show the ...

In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat ...