Trimming Trees for Reliability
Trees touching power lines can cause momentary or extended power outages. Wright-Hennepin prevents these outages with right of way tree trimming.
Momentary power outages are caused by trees coming in contact with power lines. In extreme cases, trees can even knock down power lines, causing longer power outages.
Wright-Hennepin prevents this from happening by trimming trees that are near or touching power lines, trying to maintain a minimum clearance of 15 feet on all sides of a power line. This tree trimming takes place year-round throughout the service territory. As always, Wright-Hennepin does its best to inform you when crews will be in your area trimming trees before anything is cut.
Wright-Hennepin asks that all members monitor the trees on their property. If there are trees touching power lines, or you are concerned about your trees growing into the power lines, please fill out this online form.
Note: Wright-Hennepin is responsible for getting electricity to your meter. However, the mast on the house (the pipe in which the wires run down to the meter) is your responsibility. If a tree damages the mast, an electrician will need to make repairs at your home.
