Working to Keep Communities Safe: PG&E Offers Fall Tree Trimming Safety Tips
October 06 2022 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Instances of felled branches or trees onto
powerlines increased this year
Fall is here! ‘Tis the season for Veteran’s Day, Halloween, and
Thanksgiving. Many people are also thinking about cleaning up their
yards before the weather changes to make room for holiday
decorations by trimming bushes and removing dead trees. Pacific Gas
and Electric Company (PG&E) has seen more than 100 incidents
where trees or tree limbs have fallen into powerlines by either the
homeowner conducting tree work or by the homeowner’s hired tree
crew. These incidents are the type of situation that can cause
outages and lead to ignitions.
“We are seeing an increase in tree branches coming down onto
powerlines during tree work and whether you’re a licensed tree
crew, logger, harvest plan owner or landowner, we encourage you to
call us before you trim or fell trees near powerlines,” said Andrew
Abranches, Senior Director for PG&E’s Wildfire Risk Management
Team.
The phone number to call is (800) 564-5080. Here are additional
tips for residential and business customers to practice safe tree
trimming and removal.
BEFORE WORKING NEAR
POWERLINES:
- Call PG&E to request a safety evaluation of the area.
PG&E will ensure it is safe to fell a tree in that area, either
by de-energizing the line or it might be a situation where PG&E
will schedule its contractor to do the work.
- It is unlawful to work within 10 feet of a distribution or a
transmission line without calling the utility.
- If a tree or limb contacts the power line, stay away and
immediately call 911 and then call PG&E. Do not attempt to
remove the tree or limb from the line.
PG&E follows all applicable federal and state vegetation
clearance requirements by performing regular trimming and removal
of approximately along its 100,000 miles of electric lines. That
includes inspecting and monitoring every PG&E overhead electric
transmission and distribution line each year, with some locations
patrolled multiple times.
For information about safely planting and trimming trees, visit
www.pge.com/powerlinesafety.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric
utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square
miles in Northern and Central California. For more information,
visit pge.com and pge.com/news.
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