HD21 - Tree Trimming Guidelines for Utility Line Clearance
Executive Summary: [ Pursuant to 1989 House Joint Resolution No. 155, the Virginia State Corporation Commission was requested to evaluate the need to establish guidelines for the trimming of trees for utility line clearance. During the course of the evaluation, the Commission examined (1) the scope of utilities' existing internal guidelines for tree trimming; (2) the quality of the utilities' tree-trimming programs; and (3) the viewpoints of various interested parties relative to the need for guidelines. As a result of the lack of uniformity among the utilities; tree-trimming specifications and the absence of a framework of regulation and accountability, the Commission determined that it is in the public's interest to establish guidelines. The purposes of these guidelines are to provide a uniform set of minimum requirements, to supersede some questionable practices in use prior to the establishment of these guidelines, and to establish a regulatory framework and system of accountability. The guidelines are provided at the end of this report. |
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