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Canopy Infrastructure Solutions

Expert Consulting for Safer, More Resilient Infrastructure 

Canopy Infrastructure Solutions (Canopy) provides vegetation management consulting and oversight services to the power and gas utilities, as well as a full scope of disaster management services to all levels of government agencies and other community organizations. Our team supports clients with strategy development, field execution and program optimization, and helps them mitigate the impact of, prepare for, respond to, and quickly recover when disaster strikes. 

Across both utility consulting and disaster management programs, we work alongside stakeholders to strengthen operational resilience and defensibility through consistent, condition-based decisions, supported by real-time, traceable data and comprehensive documentation.

Utility Vegetation Management Consulting

What we Do

Utility Vegetation Management Consulting

Canopy supports transmission and distribution vegetation management programs through scalable consulting resources and experienced field personnel. Our services are designed to align with utility standards, regulatory requirements, and system reliability objectives.

We help clients: 

  • Reduce vegetation-related outages
  • Maintain regulatory and compliance requirements
  • Improve contractor performance and accountability
  • Strengthen documentation and defensibility
  • Optimize cycle planning and budgeting using verifiable field data
  • Improve system reliability and risk mitigation
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What we Do

Disaster Management Services

Canopy, through its subsidiary ClearPath Solutions Group, collaborates with utilities, government agencies, infrastructure operators, and communities across all phases of disaster management. Our services help clients reduce risk, strengthen preparedness, coordinate effective response, and support efficient recovery.

We help clients: 

  • Identify risks and strengthen mitigation strategies
  • Develop emergency preparedness and response plans
  • Improve operational readiness and resource coordination
  • Support damage assessments and disaster response operations
  • Manage debris removal and recovery programs
  • Navigate disaster documentation and reimbursement requirements
  • Strengthen long-term resilience through recovery planning
Disaster Management Services

Supporting Critical Infrastructure 

Operationally Aligned. Field Focused.

Our consultants understand the operational, safety, and reliability requirements associated with maintaining vegetation around energized infrastructure.  

Canopy provides vegetation management consulting for municipal and cooperative utilities on: 

  • Electric transmission systems
  • Electric distribution systems  
  • Renewable energy infrastructure  
  • Transportation and DOT corridors  
  • Pipeline and linear infrastructure  
XKIG

Canopy Infrastructure Solutions is an XKIG portfolio company

XKIG is a national leader in critical infrastructure services for the power and gas utility sectors.

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Clearpath Solutions Group

Expanding our disaster management capabilities

With ClearPath Solutions Group now part of Canopy Infrastructure Solutions, we’re bringing together complementary expertise in emergency management, infrastructure support, government relations, and strategic advisory services to better support utilities, government agencies, and communities.

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