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Victorian powerlines to be inspected by helicopter

by Utility Journalist
September 11, 2015
in Electricity, Maintenance, News, Powerlines
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Helicopter inspections across north-central Victoria AusNet Services will be conducting low-flying helicopter inspections of powerlines in north-central Victoria. The inspections will be part of the company’s maintenance and bushfire mitigation programs.

Helicopter inspections allow the company to photograph a large volume of electricity assets in challenging terrains and diverse landscapes across its electricity network spanning 80,000 square kilometres in eastern Victoria.

AusNet Services’ Regional Customer and Community Manager, Craig Velt, said that aerial inspections help the company achieve a 37-month inspection cycle of electricity assets in high bushfire risk areas.

“With the helicopter, we can quickly fly along our powerlines in challenging landscapes to photograph assets for our technical specialist to assess and then direct our field workers to undertake the appropriate action required,” Mr Velt said.

“The helicopter inspections are a part of our extensive inspection and maintenance programs to ensure we are prepared for the coming bushfire season,” he said.

This year, AusNet Services will inspect approximately 133,000 power poles and assets through ground and aerial inspections – utilising modern devices such as drones – in addition to clearing approximately 240,000 trees from powerlines.

“Our inspection programs help determine our extensive maintenance programs across our network comprising of 390,000 power poles and 49,816 kilometres of powerlines,” Mr Velt said.

AusNet Services operates the helicopter between 10am and 3pm, flying at approximately 100 feet with custom blades that minimise noise.

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