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Proactive Maintenance Solutions
In order to maintain the safety of our system, Access Energy Cooperative’s Engineering and Operations Departmentswe has adopted a written program for inspecting and maintaining your electric supply lines. It helps determine the necessity for replacement, maintenance and repair, and for tree pruning or other vegetation management.
Vegetation Management
Representatives of Access Energy Cooperative complete our right-of-way maintenance program, consisting of tree pruning, brush pruning, and chemical treatment to impede future growth. The cycles and methods are determined using best judgement and knowledge of local factors; chemicals may be used in impeding future growth.
Vegetation management is set up to allow for a general schedule of having the entire system pruned and managed on an approximate 5-year cycle, or 20% of the system annually. Weather situations may affect the annual schedule, such as an extreme ice storm.