Well, this is quite a thread. I haven't got time to read it all now. Let's just say that I am a forester (arborist) with a rural electric cooperative. We have easements for 90+% of what we have. Even with easements, people can still be problematic. That's the biggest pain in the rump about this job - dealing with unhappy people. Most of our easements are for 15' either side of the wires. We do not notify. That is what the easement did. And we certainly don't ask for permission, either. The easement did that, too. There is a utility here in NH spends over $2 million per year just on permissions. That is more than our whole budget. I could tell you stories about some of the people we've had to deal with. Just today, a lady called who said she is "allergic to our poles". Guess we'll have to go down there and pull up the ones that are there and give her some that are made out of soybeans or something. We and our contractors have been threatened at gunpoint. Most people, of course, are just fine and realize that we need to do what we need to do to keep the line safe and dependable. It only takes one bunghole to ruin your whole day, though. If it was up to me, I would send a notice along with the bill about once a year saying something like this: "If you have overhead electric lines on your property, eventually we will have to cut and trim trees and brush. If you have planted something within the easement, it is fair game. This is your notice." I believe I have heard every possible complaint. Most of our contractors are great. We don't make them ask permission but we encourage them to talk to people. The ones that really jack me up are the people who have been watching a crew work on their road, then call up and say "I didn't know they were going to do that on my property". DOH!
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