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BGE does not perform tree trimming by request for the wire running directly to customers' meters (the service wire). If you hire a contractor, or plan to do any trimming on your own, BGE will either drop or de-energize your service wire and will re-connect it once trimming is complete, please see Request a Planned Outage below.

BGE's commitment to electricity reliability goes beyond maintaining the poles and lines themselves- it extends to the trees surrounding overhead power lines. Maintenance.

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Tree Trimming. BGE and our contractors follow specific pruning standards. Frequently Asked Questions. BGE ranks in the top 25 percent of the most reliable electric utilities nationwide.

BGE manages 10, miles of overhead power lines and the entire power grid is trimmed on a four year cycle.

BGE’s vegetation management is performed by licensed contractors trained to safely remove trees and branches that would interfere with power lines, while minimizing impacts to tree health. If you are a contractor requiring BGE assistance removing or trimming trees, please complete the following form, Contractor Assistance Form.

Fax your completed form to BGE's Forestry Unit: Please allow business days for a BGE representative to contact you. When you bid tree jobs which involve BGE equipment, BGE must inspect all jobs and will provide assistance only as required. Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place. We recommend the Arbor Day Foundation’s “The Right Tree in the Right Place” guideline which advises that any trees planted within 20 feet on either side of pole-to-pole power lines have a mature height of less than 25 feet and as additionally noted in the diagram below.

Dec 31, --It must be on a maintained (lawn) area of your property--You have to replace what you lost with a tree or plant on BGE's OK list (the approved trees all top out at less than 25 feet) and make Author: Jamie Smith Hopkins. MD PSC CASE NO.

– An Informational Public Hearing has been scheduled beginning at p.m. on May 20,via a virtual meeting platform, for the purpose of providing information and receiving comments concerning BGE’s application for authority to replace a portion of an existing kV transmission line that runs from BGE’s Five Forks Substation, located in northern Harford.