State officials confirmed yesterday there are no state laws with guidelines on how close homes can be to transmission lines.
Actually, there ARE laws. NERC, the National Electrical Regulatory Commission (excuse me if I got the acronym wrong.....they tend to blend together) has become the de facto enforcement arm of FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission). They will be enforcing transmission line requirements set forth by FERC. One of these (very popular at the moment due to the last big outage in the Northeast) is the mandate to keep the right of way clear under the lines. They aren't worried about this guy because he's the one in violation. The utility will end up getting fined, NOT for this guy getting shocked, but for allowing him to be under the line.
[This message has been edited by WFO (edited 12-30-2006).]
