2025 System Reliability Actions and Investments
All figures are year-end projections.
8,100+
Animal Guards
Installed/Upgraded
Animal guards enhance reliability by lowering the chance of wildlife-related faults. This significantly reduces outage risks, especially at locations prone to wildlife interference.
1,200+
Miles of Right-of-Way
Cleared
Clearing vegetation from rights-of-way prevents trees, limbs and branches from contacting power lines and causing outages.
~7,500
Hazard Trees Removed
Removing trees that pose a hazard improves reliability by preventing them from contacting poles, lines and other infrastructure.
40,000
Drone Inspections
Through drone inspections, REC teams can spot issues early instead of waiting for something to break. Drone inspections have identified 12,000 improvements in 2025.
5,550
Poles Replaced
Regularly replacing poles helps to address increased loading and evolving infrastructure. It also contributes significantly to system-wide reliability and resiliency.
27,400
Ground and
Underground Inspections
These inspections catch issues that drones cannot, including loose hardware or signs of equipment wear.
