Tree Planting Guide
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pring is nearly here, and that means time to plant flowers, gardens and trees. Please use this guide to plant trees that will not someday interfere with power lines. Trees interfering with power lines can become a hazard causing injury, can be costly by raising rates due to having to be removed safely, and could even cause power outages if they were to fall into power lines. Thumb Electric has been working with tree issues for many years. As a result, outages are significantly down as trees and storms are a significant contributor to outages.
Spring Tree Crew Schedule Members served out of the Millington Substation will see crews removing trees from the right of ways. This includes residents of Arbela Township, Millington Township, Watertown Township, and Vassar Township south of Hanes Road. In addition, there could be crews finishing projects on transmission lines feeding the Caro, Vassar, and Millington Substations, as well as some small finish work out of the Owendale Substation. Enjoy your spring and take care in any tree planting you do.
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NO TREE ZONE
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20'
30' Small Tree Zone: Trees less than 25' tall/spread at least 25' from line
40'
50' Medium Tree Zone: Trees 25'–40' in height/spread at least 40' from line
60'
70' Large Tree Zone: Trees larger than 40' in height/spread at least 60' from line
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