New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE
Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT
Section 14:5-9.5 - Hazard trees
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) If the EDC's VM determines that a tree meets the definition of a hazard tree, the EDC shall determine if it is permitted (for example, by easement, tariff, or law) to remove or mitigate the hazard tree. If the EDC determines that it is not permitted to remove or mitigate the hazard tree, the EDC shall attempt to obtain permission to remove or mitigate the hazard tree.
(b) If permission is granted or it is determined that permission is not necessary under (a) above, the EDC shall arrange to remove or mitigate the hazard tree as part of the scheduled vegetation management work to be performed during the current year, unless the VM determines that the condition of the hazard tree poses an imminent risk of failure, in which case, the EDC shall remove or mitigate the hazard tree as soon as practicable.
(c) The EDC is required to comply with the recording and reporting requirements of this subchapter as set forth at 14:5-9.9(d)2.
