Actually we loose power up here much more now that a private for profit company took over from the govt owned utility. They have a monopoly here and their work ethic it no scheduled maintenance, just repair when broke attitude. When it was govt owned crews would keep the trees cut back far enough that they didn`t fall on or contact the high tension wires but now that its a private company they won`t spend money on keeping the foilage away from the lines, when we get winds the trees fall or touch the wires causing fuses to blow at the substations. They let power poles rot off at ground level and let them lean at bad angles until they break. Before poles were changed out and shored up, stay wires installed etc. Couple that with letting 75% of the workforce go, layoffs and retirements and one can see there will always be extended power outs when high winds blow through. Now one better own at least one electrical generator to get through between power outages which are trending to be longer periods as the years pass.
