Illinois crews send a wire-riding scanner down power lines to catch hidden wear before outages

Illinois crews send a wire-riding scanner down power lines to catch hidden wear before outages

A device now being used by an Illinois utility crew moves along the power lines themselves, helping workers find damage that may be hidden inside the line before it causes an outage. For households and businesses, that could mean fewer unexpected outages, more targeted repairs, and a grid better equipped to withstand normal wear over time. What's happening? In the Metro East, Ameren Illinois recently used its LineVue device on sub-transmission w…