Press Engineers and field workers already use drones for many aspects of utility operations, including power line inspections. The cost savings are significant.
During post-Hurricane Maria restoration work in Puerto Rico, a drone team from Southern Co. used drones to pull 72,000 feet of rope for conductor wire. Work that in the past would have taken six to eight months took just eight weeks.
Source: 8 Ways Drones Are Lowering the Cost of Infrastructure Inspection | Power Engineering
