The Salt River Project is literally shaking things up, and it's all part of the utility company's annual inspections.
"Behind me, there's a 500 kilovolt tower. High voltage transmission line," said Joshua Koon, an SRP lineman. Annually, SRP crews conduct aerial tower evaluations to make sure the towers Koon is talking about are safe and reliable. He's been doing this for 25 years. Once a helicopter sets him on top of the 140-foot transmission tower, he descends to the ground, making sure the pole is free from rattles, cracks, or loose connections.
"Some of the things we’re looking for is broken insulators, broken wire, broken seal. We’ll log anything thing that’s wrong and go back to fix it," said Koon.One can say Salt River Project is literally shaking things up, and it is all part of the utility company's annual exercise to check aerial power line towers to make sure they are safe and reliable. FOX 10's Danielle Miller has more."Two teams of four. Each guy per tower..