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PURA Final Decision, Docket 14-07-18
​Report to General Assembly on Utility Vegetation Management Practices, June 17, 2015 

PURA  required the utilities to bring their notices to property owners into compliance with explicit statutory requirements. However, the decision allows the utilities to ask tree wardens for permits to prune or remove trees according to rigid line clearance standards, such as ETT, without evaluating and specifying which trees need to be pruned or removed (often referred to as a "blanket permit").  PURA recognized the authority of tree wardens to require evaluation and justification of pruning and removal by the utilities prior to issuing  permits and to otherwise regulate such work, but, if a tree warden does not exercise his/her authority, it falls to property owners alone to object or request a modification.  If some property owners in a community do not understand the loss of benefits, including reduced property values, that unnecessary removal of mature trees can cause, all property owners will be harmed.  ​
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Updated February 23, 2021