Stray Voltage on the Decline

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The decades-long feud between dairy farmers and power companies over stray voltage isn’t the “live wire” it once was.This year, there were no new damage suits filed by farmers claiming poorly-grounded power lines made their cows sick.But two farmers who filed suit in 2001 are still hoping the state Appeals Court will grant them compensation for damage done to their herds in the 1970’s.Gil Halsted reports…

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