They aren't saying what the motive was?
Odd that's all we are getting, they prob don't even know, yet I suppose.
Happening in the mountains of NC, I could speculate.
The last two times the contractors that clear the lines on my property in WV, a company out of PA, called and “asked” my permission, and I live in MD. So, they actually went out of their way to make contact. The previous 50 years we’ve owned the property, one day we would go up, and there would be slash laying on the ground under the wires. No contact.
So, I'm wondering, does a utility company have to get the property owners permission to install/run lines across their property and doesn't the utility company have a right of way under their lines?
Depends on each specific contract/locality.
I think they have the right and obligation to keep the lines clear. In years past they cleared them by helicopter, at my place. As far as installation, at least residential, or farm, I would think they would have to follow right of ways. When they put our two poles in they came back a mile and a half to our property, on a washed out dirt road. We had to put in the last pole with the meter on it. The last time they cleared my lines they used an extendable circular saw on an all wheel drive boom to clear the wires. Then they ran a Forestry Mulcher over all the under growth. The first year the mulch was too big to run my JD X738 over. By the second year it had settled and matted down enough I could mow with the deck all the way up. I think that's 5 inches.
