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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Duke Energy will clear out vegetation overgrowth along several high-voltage power lines in the Batesville and Connersville areas to help ensure safe and reliable service across the local Duke Energy ...

(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 ...

A team contracted by Eversource trims trees away from transmission lines in Middletown, Connecticut, on Jan. 6, 2026 using a saw suspended from a helicopter. If you’ve ever lost power during a storm, ...

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 ...