Helicopters Inspecting Power Lines In Darien: Eversource

Beginning last week, Eversource Energy has been conducting aerial inspections of high-voltage electrical equipment on several rights-of-way throughout Connecticut.

The work involves the use of a helicopter equipped with heat-sensing, infrared scanning technology which can detect potential equipment issues before they occur. The aerial inspections started Wednesday, July 19, and will continue through July 26.

Weather permitting, flights will take place from 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.

• Andover
• Beacon Falls
• Berlin
• Bethany
• Bethel
• Bethlehem
• Bloomfield
• Bozrah
• Branford
• Bristol
• Brookfield
• Brooklyn
• Canton
• Chaplin
• Cheshire
• Chester
• Columbia
• Coventry
• Danbury
• Darien
• Deep River
• Durham
• East Granby
• East Haddam
• East Hartford
• East Haven
• East Lyme
• East Windsor
• Ellington
• Essex
• Farmington
• Franklin
• Glastonbury
• Granby
• Greenwich
• Guilford
• Haddam
• Hamden
• Hampton
• Hartford
• Harwinton
• Hebron
• Killingly
• Lebanon
• Ledyard
• Litchfield
• Lyme
• Manchester
• Mansfield
• Meriden
• Middlebury
• Middlefield
• Middletown
• Milford
• Monroe
• Montville
• Naugatuck
• New Hartford
• New Milford
• Newington
• Newtown
• North Branford
• North Stonington
• Norwalk
• Old Saybrook
• Orange
• Oxford
• Plymouth
• Pomfret
• Portland
• Putnam
• Redding
• Ridgefield
• Rocky Hill
• Roxbury
• Salisbury
• Shelton
• Simsbury
• Somers
• South Windsor
• Southington
• Stamford
• Suffield
• Thomaston
• Thompson
• Wallingford
• Washington
• Waterbury
• Waterford
• Watertown
• Westport
• Wethersfield
• Wilton
• Windham
• Windsor
• Wolcott
• Woodbridge
• Woodbury

One chopper is blue and silver with the tail marker N1431W.

Photo credit: Eversource

— By Joe Lipovich (Patch Staff)