Optimal Clear Width Calculator and Line Strike Probability Chart Services


  • At long last, a quantitative means of reducing the risk of tree-conductor contacts. Need to seriously reduce tree-related outages 50% or more? Follow the link to learn how.

ECOSYNC: Economy through Ecology

Ecological Solutions Inc.

Impact of Deferred Maintenance Modeling


  • The tree workload is like a debt. To decrease the amount of debt, payments must be large enough to cover both accrued annual interest and some principal. Paying the annual interest charges would hold the debt at a constant level. Deferring tree trimming and vegetation management will result in much higher future costs...  it's the equivalent of paying less than the annual interest charges.

  • Have you been covering the annual interest? Only a history of level tree-related outages would indicate that you are.

  • Modeling the impact of deferred maintenance will quantify future costs and outages.

Vegetation Management for Utility Managers


  • The hidden natural laws that are the key to understanding and drastically reducing tree-related outages and costs. How utilities can save from 10% to 300% or more on VM program spending and get better results.

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VM Program Assessments


  • Detailed examination and analysis identifying the barriers limiting meaningful reductions in tree-related outages.

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A Financial Assessment Tool For The Avoided Cost Of Pruning


Now you can readily assess whether a tree replacement at a particular site makes good business sense - in minutes not hours. You don't have to be a financial wizard or a trained bean counter to take advantage of business decision-making processes. The Avoided Cost of Pruning Model does it for you. And you can take it for a free 30 day test drive.


  • Financial assessment for tree replacement on a site by site basis

  • Determine the cash value for a tree voucher

  • Determine what tree removals make financial sense


This tool should be in the hands of your customer contact staff. It can be run on PDAs.


Single license--$69.95. Volume discounts available.

Derivation of Increased Risk Associated With Branches Overhanging Conductors


  • Communities forcing you to accept branches overhanging distribution conductors?  When wind or ice storms hit these overhangs will result in greater system damage. Have you had a hard time explaining to communities the consequences of their tree protection decisions?

  • Want to know how to calculate the increased risk and the associated increased incidence of tree-caused  caused outages under storm conditions for lines with overhangs versus no overhang? Read the article Electric Service Interruption Risk Associated with Branches Overhanging Conductors

  • Or if you prefer, contact us to calculate the increased risk so that you can convey to communities the consequences of their actions before, rather than after, a major storm.