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FERC Approves Vegetation Management Rules to Improve Electric Reliability
2013-04-08 20:49:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission took steps to ensure continued reliable operation of the nations bulk power system today by approving new rules for managing vegetation along power line rights of way.
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improve
rules
electric
JCP&L's 2013 Vegetation Management Work Underway
2013-03-11 20:40:00| Transmission & Distribution World
After successfully inspecting and trimming trees along nearly 4000 miles of lines across its system in 2012, Jersey Central Power & Light has begun work on its $24 million 2013 vegetation management program.
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management
underway
vegetation
BLM Holds Public Scoping Meetings for New Vegetation Treatments on Public Lands in Western U.S.
2013-01-08 18:06:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced opportunities for the public to share ideas on the potential utilization of three new vegetation treatments to be evaluated in the national, programmatic Environmental Impact Study (EIS) to Evaluate the Use of New Herbicides on Public Lands in 17 Western States.
The Changing Economics of Industrial Vegetation Management
2013-01-08 17:33:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Herbicide resistance has increased dramatically since the mid-1970s. This impacts the cost of VM and calls for the rotation of herbicide groups, tank mixes comprised of different herbicide groups and the use of new chemistries.
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industrial
changing
economics