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OUTAGE NEWS

The latest from TransGard about animal-caused outages – and ways to prevent them.

Q2 OUTAGE REPORT: THE HEAT IS ON

Hot weather means animal-caused outages are more than just inconvenient … they’re dangerous to customers. These outages from the second quarter of 2022 underscore the larger threat birds and climbing animals pose to substations.

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NEWS: WILDLIFE COULD POSE ‘CATASTROPHIC’ RISKS FOR POWER GRIDS

Since its first days of operation, TransGard has sounded the warning about the risks that animals pose to the nation’s electrical grid. Now, the national consumer media is beginning to take notice.

In this recent feature, ABC News departs from the usual “sneaky squirrel shuts down Main Street” tone and highlights the very real — and expensive — danger that climbing animals and birds introduce when they come in contact with elements of the power distribution system, not only in the U.S, but around the world.

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