INC NEWS - Tree cutting policy and Duke Power

[Angel Romero]

Today a Duke Power representative came by and told my wife that they 
wanted to trim or, better yet, remove our only front yard tree. This 
tree doesn't interfere with the power lines and provides great shade in 
the summer.

What we have been told is that we have no recourse and that if an 
engineer esteems that our tree is a potential threat to the power lines, 
they can can get rid of it.

I imagine they are planning a tree 'trimming' down our street, which 
probably means the death of numerous trees, judging by what has happened 
in other neighborhoods.

How a corporation can get away with this kind of stuff boggles my mind. 
Do we have a recourse? Can't our representatives at state level remove 
this authority?

We have a company that has a monopoly and makes profits, but refuses to 
enter the 21st century. They keep using outdated methods of providing 
energy in urban areas. Instead of burying lines, they continue to do it 
the old way, wasting money on poles, fleets of trucks with lifts and so 
forth.

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A. Romero
Colonial Village