Why must utilities perform right-of-way vegetation management activities such as tree trimming?
A. For electric power to be provided to customers, it must first be transmitted from the sources of generation to the places of distribution and consumption. Reliable power delivery in New York depends upon the competent maintenance and operation by utilities of over 15,000 miles of electric transmission facilities. Over 90 percent of the tree-caused outages on transmission right-of-ways occurred when a tree growing along the edge or outside of the right-of-way fell. Many of these outages are tied to various types of minor storm events, including wind, rain, and snow.
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