Ohio Edison To Conduct Line Inspections

Starting on Monday, January 18, 2021, weather permitting, Haverfield will be mobilizing two inspection crews to the Ohio Edison region and will begin performing comprehensive visual inspections (CVIs) on all Ohio Edison 345kV lines, and then on select 138kV lines at a later date. The inspections on the 345kV lines are anticipated to take three to four weeks to complete, but all work is strongly weather dependent and inclement weather or any line outage patrols may prolong completion. The helicopters to be used for these inspections are as follows:

A comprehensive visual inspection (CVI) is a slow, structure-by-structure, span-by-span inspection where the inspector onboard the helicopter gets a thorough look from top to bottom of each structure, associated hardware, and conductors of the transmission line(s). The helicopter will be moving very slowly along each of the transmission lines and will often be seen hovering while carrying out these inspections.