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GraniteGeekNH t1_j5osvm3 wrote

While penny-pinching utilities who don't want to spend money on maintenance are much of the problem, we residents have to take some of the blame - any time there's tree-trimming around lines people complain bitterly about it.

There was a court case 25+ years ago when a guy - I believe it was one of the founders of Sanders Associates but I might be remembering that wrong - chased away a tree crew with a chainsaw because he didn't want them cutting trees along the road in front of his property.

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Psychological-Cry221 t1_j5pf62z wrote

I agree that people can get irrationally upset about Eversource cutting trees in their own property. However, they have massively improved in maintenance. In the 80’s and 90’s the outrages were so much worse in my experience

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GraniteGeekNH t1_j5pu1cf wrote

Part of the improvement is smarter switches. It used to be that if the power went out due to a tree/branch on a line you had to wait for a crew to come out and fix it. Now in many cases, switches automatically reroute power via other lines and you get back on quickly.

My power flickered off for a few seconds at least 10 times, probably more, on Monday. Annoying because it reset the internet router each time, but way better than losing power for hours at a time.

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SomeSortofDisaster t1_j5oxsba wrote

>chased away a tree crew with a chainsaw because he didn't want them cutting trees along the road in front of his property.

Those were rhododendrons and it was the road agent who got chased, but yes.

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redditthrower888999 t1_j5p7xqf wrote

That's hilarious. How the heck were rhododendrons even causing a problem unless they were encroaching the road, that's insane.

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SomeSortofDisaster t1_j5q0vmu wrote

They're planted right on the side of the road and the house is on a sharp curve. The current resident isn't any more reasonable and has filled his yard with a whole bunch of junk.

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GraniteGeekNH t1_j5p4192 wrote

Thanks - I knew I was getting details wrong.

Chasing off the road agent! That isn't messing around.

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