CASE STUDY

Holy Cross Energy

We teamed up with Holy Cross Energy in Western Colorado to help their wildfire mitigation planning and support a transition to risk-informed vegetation management.

Now they’re using vegetation intelligence to make decisions not only about which spots they’ll visit to trim, but also which spans in their cycle they don’t need to trim, saving members from unnecessary costs and disruption.

Identifying hazard trees, overhang, and species under threat like aspens and cottonwoods to reduce wildfire risk and costs while improving reliability.

 

“My job has always been to just go cut the trees, but now, Overstory insights like SAIDI impact allow me to look forward and gauge the success of the transition to risk-informed vegetation management.”

— Jeff Wissing, Vegetation Management Supervisor