Bill Swank
Bill Swank
cause failure pole poles primary wind
The primary cause of the pole failure was not deterioration of the poles, it was the wind loading on the poles and the wires. It wasn't a deterioration issue.
investment looking
We're looking at it as an investment on our part.
confident costs related storm
We're confident that, when they see it spelled out in detail, that they will find that these were prudently incurred costs and related to storm restoration.
failure identify inspection poles program purpose sure tending toward
The purpose of the inspection program is to make sure that if there are poles that are deteriorating, we go out, identify them and make sure the ones that are tending toward failure are braced or replaced.