‘Another possibility is these contractor crews were getting robbed’

Could be part of the reason: “We did have some challenges getting our tree trimming cycles done last year. 621 miles is what I believe we got, so that’s quite a bit short of the 1,400 miles we hoped to get done,” said MLGW Senior Vice President Alonzo Weaver in Wednesday’s press conference.

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“Challenges.” You get less than 50% of the job done, don’t blame COVID.