If you’re a Salt River Project customer, your power to turn your TV on comes from hundreds of miles away. The lines that carry it run through dense forests that are prone to wildfires. FOX 10’s Steve Nielsen has the details on a massive undertaking that’s done between the trees to keep our lights on.
If you’re a Salt River Project customer, your power to turn your TV on comes from hundreds of miles away. The lines that carry it run through dense forests that are prone to wildfires.
Fire crews told FOX 10 that soon enough, the only thing left in its path was the Forest 500. Here, the noise of the wind is overpowered by the sound of power.500 kilovolt power lines dice the forest in two. An easement a few hundred yards wide stretch for 254 miles. SRP’s line known as the Forest 500 carries power from the Coronado Generating Station all the way down to your light switch in Phoenix.
Twice a decade, they cut through the brush, the trees growing, and the ground cover. If a wildfire came here, it could threaten power to the Valley.
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