NORFOLK, Va. — As Hampton Roads braces for the possibility of winter weather this weekend, Dominion Energy says crews are ready to respond to outages caused by snow or ice.
Dominion Energy lineworkers have been preparing trucks and equipment in advance of the potential storm. Company officials say that since the region’s last major snowstorm, crews have spent the past year strengthening the electric grid.
Those efforts include setting power poles about two feet deeper into the ground and installing fiberglass cross arms, which are designed to break if a tree falls on a power line to reduce damage to the pole.
Lineworkers say heavy, wet snow and ice pose the greatest threat to power lines…