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Rep. Phil Green introduces bill to expand utility vegetation trimming around power lines
Summary
House Bill 4,361 would direct the Public Service Commission to set standards allowing tree trimmers to cut 'from the ground to the sky' and to maintain vegetation up to 15 feet from conductors to reduce outages caused by ash-borer damage and ice storms.
Representative Phil Green told the House Rules Committee that House Bill 4,361 responds to repeated outages caused by falling limbs following emerald ash borer infestations and ice buildup. "Trees came down and took out the power lines," he said, explaining the bill would add a section to the law governing the Public Service Commission to allow standards that permit trimmers to cut vertically and maintain vegetation out…
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