Greg:
Since hurricane(s) Irene and Sandy, our POCOs have widely publicized tree work to reduce 'future' outages.
I have the same POCO at my home that Harold has in his area, and yes, they have distribution (MV) that leaves a lot to be desired. Comments from the out of state crews that were here after Sandy were not very good.
They did tree work in my neighborhood; notices in all mailboxes, blah, blah.
One tree at my front yard was 'trimmed' complete on the street side. The end result was I had a tree guy come and take it down, before it got blown into my neighbors house.
Great tree trim job by the utility contractor. No recourse to get reimbursed to have the tree removed.
rant over
