A spokesperson said the utility company’s priority was to restore power as quickly as possible after the storm.

Instead of sending wood poles to landfills after they are decommissioned, SRP is recycling them through a new program.

Meanwhile, the contractors hired to oversee the major street improvement project left behind approximately 10 wooden utility poles in the middle of the sidewalks, ...

An elderly New York woman is receiving power bills of as much as $2000 a month addressed to the pole in front of her exact street address.