Wednesday, October 15, 2008
To all members of the Regulatory Flexibility Committee, and other
interested parties:
Thank you to all of the Committee members for taking the time to give
consideration to the matter of tree trimming practices by electric
utilities in the state.
Reflecting on the meeting of Thu. Oct 19th, virtually the only
position taken by utility representatives was a defense of the fact
that they have to trim trees back to protect electric lines. All of us who came to raise concerns about the matter understand and
accept that fact. What we wanted to bring attention to is: how they
do it ( Are they adhering to set standards ? ),
where they do it ( Do they really have the right? ), how much they
remove (is it really necessary?), how they behave when while doing
it, and the fact that we have no place to take
cases of damages to our property for judgement or compensation.
After listening to all the utility speakers that day, It seems likely
that most of our concerns will be found in urban settings, and
probably all of us who spoke are customers of IPL.
It was of great interest to me that no basic concern raised by us was
refuted during the afternoon session.
Please,we all hope you will continue to consider our positions and
complaints. Correcting improper treatment of private property, and
it’s owners really is the “greater good”.
Following are several photos of tree removal from inside the ROW in
my area, a possibly outdated IPL cutting chart — It can only get
worse –and, keep in mind that in 2005 we were told
that the removal inside the ROW would be all the way to the ground —
and the text of my comments from the meeting.
Thank all of you again…
Respectfully
Jerry Baker
interested parties:
Thank you to all of the Committee members for taking the time to give
consideration to the matter of tree trimming practices by electric
utilities in the state.
Reflecting on the meeting of Thu. Oct 19th, virtually the only
position taken by utility representatives was a defense of the fact
that they have to trim trees back to protect electric lines. All of us who came to raise concerns about the matter understand and
accept that fact. What we wanted to bring attention to is: how they
do it ( Are they adhering to set standards ? ),
where they do it ( Do they really have the right? ), how much they
remove (is it really necessary?), how they behave when while doing
it, and the fact that we have no place to take
cases of damages to our property for judgement or compensation.
After listening to all the utility speakers that day, It seems likely
that most of our concerns will be found in urban settings, and
probably all of us who spoke are customers of IPL.
It was of great interest to me that no basic concern raised by us was
refuted during the afternoon session.
Please,we all hope you will continue to consider our positions and
complaints. Correcting improper treatment of private property, and
it’s owners really is the “greater good”.
Following are several photos of tree removal from inside the ROW in
my area, a possibly outdated IPL cutting chart — It can only get
worse –and, keep in mind that in 2005 we were told
that the removal inside the ROW would be all the way to the ground —
and the text of my comments from the meeting.
Thank all of you again…
Respectfully
Jerry Baker
Historic Traders Point Indiana 