(File Photo taken by Frank Sparks in 2021)
Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Duquesne Light announced last week that they will be clearing  potentially hazardous vegetation along 1,300 miles of power lines in 2022, according to  a press release . the release stated that  work has begun to clear overgrown trees, shrubs and brush  around the company’s transmission  distribution lines  in Beaver and Allegheny counties, that includes 50,000 trees , because dense vegetation is a leading cause of power outages. The yearly efforts enable the company to continue safe and reliable service to its  customers, according to  Ashley Macik, Associate Manager of External Communications.