An apparent change of policy by the energy provider is concerning this year. Past practice of marking danger trees near power lines, and having a tree company come and take them down didn't happen this year.
A puzzling appearance by the same contractor this summer tipping twigs off standing dead is not likely to be effective. Those of us who live here know that heavily snow laden trees can snap at some point near the top or half way down the trunk. Occasionally, trees will uproot and tip over. Those larger pieces can strike the power lines and knock out our power.
In the olden days, repair crews came out of Greenwood, so we got used to long outages. When the road was built from the Oliver side in the mid-eighties, repair crews came out of Oliver. Even now, the duration of an outage can be 5 hours.
A recent report of a dead tree close to a power line and transformer received mixed messaging from the energy provider.
Did this policy change have anything to do with the recent need for us to vote for a right of way to get the provider to connect new builds?
There are recent "blow down" trees on some of the snowshoe trails, without the kind of wind that is generally needed to bring those trees down.
A dead tree threatening your home connection is your responsibility. A dead tree threating the main line is the responsibility of the energy provider.
Two of my friends had "green" old pines snap in half just before Christmas last year. Fortunately they fell parallel to their homes.
What could all this mean? More power outages this winter?
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