You will oftentimes see our linemen or contractors working in your neighborhood. Our mission is to provide safe, reliable, efficient energy solutions with exceptional service to our members. One of the ways we provide reliable and affordable power is by maintaining our power lines. In fact, PVREA has over 4,000 miles of power lines. Tree trimming, drone use and construction projects are a part of our maintenance plans to ensure reliable power service to our members. Here is where we're working in your neighborhood. If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-432-1012.

Construction

PVREA and its contractor Foothills Energy are working on the following projects:

• A crew will be starting a pole and conductor upgrade along Hwy 1 from Country Club road to Gregory Road to accommodate our fiber back bone project.
• A crew is working changing out poles in the Longmont, Gunbarrel, and Carter Lake areas
• Underground crews continue installing new infrastructure in subdivisions in the Berthoud, Windsor, Timnath, and Johnstown areas
• A Foothills crew is working in the Wellington area doing pole and conductor upgrades around the new middle/high school.
• The two mile rebuild along HWY 287 from US 34 to HWY 402 is complete.

Tree Trimming

Hazard tree trimming and removal continues in the Cameron Peak Fire area by three contractors- Summit Forestry, Asplundh, Foothills Tree Experts. The PVREA internal crew is also working on this project. This work is expected to be complete by the end of February.

We have begun our scheduled tree trimming for 2021 throughout our service territory. We will be sending postcards to members in anticipation of work in your areas. To view a full map of 2021 tree trimming, please click here.

Currently scheduled: Areas numbers 04 and 39 

To learn more about tree trimming or to request a tree trimming, click here. 

If you would like to tell us how we did on recent tree trimming on your property, please fill out the survey found here.

Power Pole Inspections

Power pole inspections are complete for 2020 and will likely resume during the summer of 2021.  

Drones

Periodically, PVREA utilizes drones to conduct equipment inspections. They use a drone to look for trees that need trimmed an inspect equipment to look for maintenance problems. Drone inspections for 2020 are complete and will likely resume during the summer of 2021. Learn more about how your co-op uses drones. 

Fiber Installation - Grid Improvement Project

PVREA’s contractor, MasTec, is installing fiber optic cable on our existing overhead power lines and through our existing underground electric corridors. The crews are currently working in the Windsor, Fort Collins, Timnath, Greeley and Severance, Masonville, Stove Prairie/Rist Canyon, Berthoud and Loveland areas. You may see bucket trucks and crews with boring equipment in your area as we work on this project throughout our entire service territory. We will only operate in our right-of-way; if we do not have proper access, we will work with members to gain access. Learn more about this project.