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The Right Tree in the Right Place

Trees add value to your property with their beauty, and they lower your energy costs. However, trees that grow into and around power lines can pose safety hazards. This affects customers as well as the utility workers who have to maintain or service lines that come in contact with trees.

Help prevent these dangers by ensuring your trees are properly planted and maintained. Click here or on the diagram below to access Cleco's guidelines for planting trees.

The Right Tree in the Right Place

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Why don’t birds get electrocuted on power lines?
As long as a bird is not touching anything but the power line, the bird and the line are at the same voltage, meaning they're both in the air. However, if a bird lands on a power line and touches another object such as a utility pole or a tree at the same time it is in contact with a power line, the bird gives electricity a path to the ground. Electricity will flow through the bird to get to the ground and most likely electrocute it.