Submitted by Mitch Gross, Eversource.
(Dec. 9, 2021) —In its continuous effort to enhance electric reliability for customers,Eversource will be conducting aerial inspections of high-voltage electrical equipment in rights of way throughout the state. The inspection involves the use of a helicopter equipped with LiDAR (light detection and ranging), an aerial high-tech survey of the transmission system. It allows energy company engineers to analyze the transmission lines using up-to-date electronic data.
The aerial inspections will be completed by a blue and yellow helicopter with tail number #N803JB. Inspections will take place Tuesday, December 14 through Thursday, December 23, 2021 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. – weather permitting.
Utility rights of way covering the following Connecticut cities and towns will be inspected:
Andover, Beacon Falls, Berlin, Bethany, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bloomfield, Bozrah, Branford, Bridgeport, Bristol, Brookfield, Brooklyn, Canaan, Canterbury, Canton, Chaplin, Cheshire, Chester, Clinton, Columbia, Cornwall, Coventry, Danbury, Darien, Deep River, Durham, East Granby, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Hartford, East Haven, East Lyme, East Windsor, Easton, Ellington, Enfield, Essex, Fairfield, Farmington, Franklin, Glastonbury, Goshen, Granby, Greenwich, Groton, Guilford, Haddam, Hamden, Hampton, Hartford, Harwinton, Hebron, Kent, Killingly, Killingworth, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Litchfield, Lyme, Madison, Manchester, Mansfield, Meriden, Middlebury, Middlefield, Middletown, Milford, Monroe, Montville, Naugatuck, New Britain, New Hartford, New London, New Milford, Newington, Newtown, North Branford, North Canaan, North Haven, North Stonington, Norwalk, Norwich, Old Saybrook, Orange, Oxford, Plainfield, Plainville, Plymouth, Pomfret, Portland, Preston, Putnam, Redding, Ridgefield, Rocky Hill, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Shelton, Sherman, Simsbury, Somers, South Naugatuck, South Windsor, Southbury, Southington, Stamford, Sterling, Stonington, Stratford, Suffield, Thomaston, Thompson, Torrington, Trumbull, Vernon, Wallingford, Washington, Waterbury, Waterford, Watertown, West Hartford, Westbrook, Weston, Westport, Wethersfield, Wilton, Windham, Windsor, Windsor Locks, Wolcott, Woodbridge, and Woodbury,
