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Who’s responsible for cleaning up tree debris after storms?

When storms cause outages, OPPD’s tree trimming crews focus on freeing power lines from tree limbs to help restore power. So whose job is it to clean up tree limbs once that work is done?

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‘Bird dogs’ play key role during major outages

When a bad storm hits, external crew coordinators – or bird dogs – play a little-known but crucial role with mutual aid crews sent to help OPPD restore power.

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OPPD doing in-depth analysis of burying power lines

When strong storms strike, customers often wonder why OPPD doesn’t bury all its power lines. A team is doing an extensive analysis of the issue.

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Restoring a customer’s power

Power restoration to individual customers involves tree trimming, safety and time-intensive work.

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What you should know about outage restoration

There are steps customers can take to minimize outage impacts if one should occur, including how to report the outage to OPPD.

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