Sticking to the Plan: Building a Defensible, Risk-Based Veg Management Program | Nova Scotia Power

How do you prioritize vegetation management when there's more work than budget, and how do you defend those decisions when competing demands arise? In this episode of PreventionFirst Leaders, Jason Lyver, Manager of Vegetation Management at Nova Scotia Power, joins David Wolpa of AiDASH to discuss how the utility is moving beyond traditional trimming cycles toward a more targeted, data-driven approach. Following major storms and growing pressure to improve reliability, Nova Scotia Power developed a five-year reliability plan and significantly expanded its vegetation management investment. But increasing the budget was only part of the challenge. The team also needed a better way to identify priorities, allocate resources, and stay committed to the plan. Drawing on real examples, Jason shares how Nova Scotia Power is: Combining vegetation proximity, historical performance, and customer impact to prioritize work. Using system-wide intelligence to make decisions more consistent, repeatable, and defensible. Building customer, field team, and executive support for a changing vegetation management program. Balancing reliability improvements with contractor efficiency and operational costs. Managing competing requests without losing sight of long-term objectives. Discover what it takes to turn risk-based vegetation management from a plan into a practical, defensible program. Part of PreventionFirst Leaders, an AiDASH series featuring utility leaders putting prevention into practice. Learn more about the PreventionFirst Movement: https://www.aidash.com/preventionfirs... #PreventionFirst #VegetationManagement #GridReliability #ElectricUtilities