The emergence of composites in the utility industry

The utility industry is increasingly accepting composite poles and crossarms for a number of distribution and transmission applications, in both monopole and H-Frame configurations. To date, composites have been successfully deployed in remote locations, restricted easement scenarios, heavily infested woodpecker areas, rocky terrain, environmentally-sensitive areas, guyless configurations, and deadend and extreme angle designs. Composites have proven that they can accept most industry hardware and provide a compelling case as an alternative to wood, steel and concrete. Composites are non-conductive and inherently safer, lighter, stronger, more durable and readily installed for disaster recovery efforts.