MEDIA ADVISORY

Eversource Takes to the Air for Transmission Line Maintenance

What: As part of an ongoing effort to strengthen the power grid and increase reliability, Eversource will be surveying its transmission lines with high-resolution cameras.  Photographs collected during these flights will help build a more detailed record of structures, lines and other electrical equipment which will increase the efficiency of maintaining the electric system in Connecticut.

When: The week of January 25, 2016 
All flights are weather permitting and most will take place between the hours of 7am and dusk.   

Where: Darien, Greenwich, Norwalk, Stamford, and Westport

Contact: Frank Poirot
860-665-3409
frank.poirot@eversource.com

Note: The helicopter assigned to this project is black with a registration number N175JL.


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