Tree Trimming

EPUD is required by the State Public Utilities Commission to keep the power line right-of-ways cleared of trees and branches that can cause outages. Trees are the number one cause of outages in our rural service territory. Our tree crews are constantly trimming and removing trees under power lines, in our ongoing effort to make your electric service as reliable as possible.

Along stretches of road where there are no houses, we remove problem trees from the public right-of-way. It saves our customers money to remove them rather than trim repeatedly. We would never remove yard trees without first talking with the homeowner, though we might trim them if we're unable to reach the homeowner beforehand. We work with the wishes of our customers whenever we are able to without endangering our personnel or the reliability of the system.

Customers are responsible for making sure trees aren't growing into the line that comes from our distribution system to your house. If limbs are getting too close, contact us and we will make arrangements to come and drop your service line for you while you trim the trees. Do NOT attempt to trim trees yourself that are growing near distribution lines or your service line. Doing so can put you at risk of deadly electrical shock.

We encourage property owners to plant Power Friendly trees near power lines. These are low growing, so your property won't be the cause of power outages for you and your neighbors, and will still be attractive. For information on Power Friendly trees, call us at 746-1583.