SWEPCO Deploys Helicopters and Drones to Assess Winter Storm Damage in Northeast Texas

Southwestern Electric Power Company has deployed helicopters and drones to assess power line damage across northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana following Winter Storm Fern. SWEPCO launched helicopter patrols shortly after noon Sunday from Marshall, Texas and Natchitoches, Louisiana airports. The aircraft are surveying transmission lines in remote and heavily wooded areas that ground crews cannot … Continue reading SWEPCO Deploys Helicopters and Drones to Assess Winter Storm Damage in Northeast Texas