At the August ACCG General Meeting (8/16/17), Peter Beesley, the PG&E Project Manager for this activity, gave a presentation about the plans and timing of the project. Although we cannot post the full presentation, Peter has provided links to the materials he drew upon for the presentation and other related information.  Those links are here:

PG&E Website Links:
Home page:  https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/yard-safety/powerlines-and-trees/manage-trees-and-plants-near-power-lines.page?WT.mc_id=Vanity_trees

 Laws and regulations page: https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/yard-safety/powerlines-and-trees/laws-and-regulations.page

Your trees and the drought page: https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/yard-safety/powerlines-and-trees/your-trees-and-the-drought.page

Why Does PG&E Care about Keeping Trees Away from Transmission and Distribution Power Lines? https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/yard-safety/powerlines-and-trees/transmission-vs-distribution-power-lines.page

Industry Standards and Best Practices

Right-of-Way Stewardship: http://www.rowstewardship.org/

Utility Arborist Association and associated Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) BMPs and national standard info: https://uaa.wildapricot.org/

http://www.isa-arbor.com/store/product.aspx?ProductID=156

Pollinator Partnership and IVM Research

http://pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/NAPPC.broch.ROW.rx7.pdf

https://sites.psu.edu/transmissionlineecology/files/2017/03/Powerline-Research-Final-2017-118g742.pdf