Vegetation Management

BPA owns and maintains hundreds of properties in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho and a few in Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, and California. Transmission Services staff live and work in urban and rural communities where its transmission facilities are located. Transmission Services has field offices in each region that work directly with land owners, government agencies and community groups to maintain transmission facilities and ensure public safety around high voltage transmission lines. Although power lines are essential to distributing electricity to your home or office, they are not designed for human contact. It is extremely dangerous to touch a power line, whether it is overhead or on the ground.
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Safety is at the core of what we do. 

Trees and power lines have never been good neighbors. That’s why BPA works hard to keep a safe distance between high-growing vegetation and nearby power lines through a comprehensive vegetation management program. Even though BPA regularly inspects its transmission lines, you can help by notifying BPA if you see trees or vegetation that might be growing too close to  the lines. For your own safety, it’s important that you never attempt to trim or remove a tree that’s near a transmission line on your own. Working around energized power lines is very hazardous. Instead, call BPA and its specially trained crews will take care of it.

Questions or Concerns? Contact us at 800-836-6619 or vegmgmt@bpa.gov.