LPEA spends $800,000 a year to protect birds from electrocution

LPEA spends $800,000 a year to protect birds from electrocution

Southwest Colorado co-op hopes project will be finished by 2020
La Plata Electric Association is spending about $800,000 a year to retrofit power poles to protect raptors and others birds from electrocution. The project, LPEA officials say, will reduce the risk of birds dying from electrocution, and at the same time, better protect the electrical grid from outages caused by birds hitting lines. This is an example of a power pole that has yet be retrofitted.

LPEA spends $800,000 a year to protect birds from electrocution

La Plata Electric Association is spending about $800,000 a year to retrofit power poles to protect raptors and others birds from electrocution. The project, LPEA officials say, will reduce the risk of birds dying from electrocution, and at the same time, better protect the electrical grid from outages caused by birds hitting lines. This is an example of a power pole that has yet be retrofitted.
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