Tree
Removal and Replacement Guidelines
Appalachian Electric will only trim or remove a tree if it interferes
with power lines. In that case, tree trimming or the removal of trees
from your property may be necessary.
Every
year, some neighborhoods in the Appalachian Electric service area
experience power outages caused by trees, branches, or limbs falling
on or growing into electric utility wires. It is not uncommon for
damaged wires to fall to the ground, causing power outages and threatening
the safety of people and animals.
Reliable
service, public safety, and cost control are all important to AEC.
That is why a program of tree trimming and removal is maintained.
AEC contracts with only qualified tree trimming companies meeting
strict guidelines and specifications.
The
removal of trees that are endangering power lines is to everyone's
advantage. These situations are handled on a case-by-case basis
and decisions made to remove a tree are based on economic factors
and service reliability.
Please
help us keep power line areas free from tree hazards. If you discover
limbs or trees perilously close to power lines, please notify us
at (865) 475-2032, ext. 1449.
Information
on where to locate your trees, tree trimming, and replacement of
removed trees is available at our main office. If it is necessary
to remove a landscape quality tree, AEC will replace that tree with
a choice of the following:
White
Flowering Dogwood
Pink Flowering Dogwood
Flowering Crabapple
Purple Leaf Plum
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