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EHV and VHV substations tend to have a signature hum; this is due to small electrical arcs. This is normal. Most of the time this will not be audible on VHV and EHV power lines. If you are hearing this from the power line, it could be bad and the utility may want to know. It shouldn't be a risk to you, however the hum may be resulting from arcing, which can be fairly high frequency, which can mess with electronics's signals such as cell phones and radio (won't damage them, just bad reception).

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