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About every four years, PSE&G, through its tree service contractors, comes into Highland Park to prune trees. PSE&G is required by law to give Highland Park notice that it is coming. The documents that PSE&G sent in October 2021 giving notice that they were coming in 2022 can be found here. The notice covers all of 2022 and includes important information about the process.
PSE&G’s tree service contractors are required to follow rules that are set by PSE&G and that are required to conform to federal, state and industry standards. These rules tell the contractors how much clearance there needs to be between a tree and the electric wires: above, below, and on each side.
Utility pruning focuses on the safety and reliability of the electrical grid, but attention is also given to the health of each tree pruned. PSE&G calls this process vegetation management and explains its approach on its website: https://nj.pseg.com/safetyandreliability/reliability/treetrimming
Members of STAC and other residents follow closely the work done by PSE&G’s tree service contractors. If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to STAC at Melanie McDermott at melanie.mcdermott@rutgers.edu or Rosie Baruh at rbaruh@yahoo.com so that we can follow up.