[PA Engineer]

Dumb question.. why are they cutting power lines?

There are a couple of reasons to cut the lines.

If they lose the towers (from footing erosion) they may fear pulling others down with them. Specifically if these are anchor or angle towers with adjacent tangents. Taking the load of the towers may also preserve them from toppling.

The other reasons may be to clear the area for both heavy equipment and helicopters.

[Cementjungle]

The other reasons may be to clear the area for both heavy equipment and helicopters.

A large spaceship from a neighboring galaxy is expected to land there later tonight.

[meyer]

Re: 1306 - which power lines are they fixin’ to cut? I know that there’s a plan to relocate a couple of towers on the line crossing the river right around where the spillway is emptying out. And I think part of that is already removed. If it’s the lines to the switchyard at the dam, then you can kiss future power generation goodbye until they relocate and re-connect the line.

I think that the plan is to open things up for generating again, but I know that there’s some dredging work that needs to be done along the river first.