TREE Program: Trimming Reduces Electrical Emergencies

Clean Up: Wood Disposal and Tree Removal

Our crews will clean up and chip small branches that we trim from trees in your yard area during our routine trimming operations. This includes raking the work area to pick up smaller twigs and debris, and to disperse any sawdust. Larger pieces of wood will be cut into easily handled lengths and hauled off unless customer requests that the wood be left.

In an effort to further improve service and reduce tree-related interruptions, we have our tree removal program along the primary lines supplying your neighborhood. This effort will target "at risk" trees that have a high probability of falling onto critical sections of our electric distribution network. We commonly call these "danger trees." Many trees in our service area have some form of defect that could potentially affect electric reliability.

Not all trees require immediate attention, nor can all trees realistically be removed. We focus our efforts on the trees most likely to cause outages. Since there are many factors that influence the removal of a tree, inspection by the Asplundh foreman will determine whether or not a tree meets the requirements for removal.

Murfreesboro Electric does not perform tree removals for service lines.