The nation’s largest public utility is backing off an aggressive tree-cutting policy that led to a lawsuit in federal court. According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, the Tennessee Valley Authority said in a motion to dismiss the lawsuit that it has dropped a policy in its seven-state service area to remove any tree within its power line easements that could grow more than 15 feet high. The motion says the lawsuit is moot since the agency has “suspended use of the 15-foot rule and reverted to the right of way maintenance practices that were utilized prior to the introduction of the 15-foot rule.” TVA spokesman Jim Hopson says even though the rule has been dropped, property owners will still be required to keep trees along easement borders trimmed to specifications and vegetation under lines will still be limited to low-growing plants. “The only thing that is different is that the specification of 15 feet has been dropped,” Hopson said last week. Read more at the link.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 00:24:15 +0000
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