Is Idaho Power responsible for clean-up after pruning trees?
The majority of our pruning and cutting occurs during routine line maintenance cycles. Our policy is to dispose of any small limbs and brush in landscaped settings. Any wood larger than 4 inches in diameter is cut into manageable lengths for your use. In non-landscaped sites, pruned vegetation and wood is left in place. This material will bio-degrade. When an “Act of God” (such as lightning, ice storms, high winds, hurricanes, tornadoes) cause trees or other vegetation to fall across power lines and create power outages, we cut the trees and brush so poles and lines can be replaced and re-energized. Disposal of any wood, limbs or debris resulting from this type of emergency operation is the property owner’s responsibility.
