Report to the Maryland Public Service Commission on the Progress of the Maryland Electric Reliability Tree Trimming Council (MERTT) in Addressing Commission Order No. 9159 Regarding Recommendation for Specific Actions that Utilities Can Take to Best Manage Privately Owned Trees Adjacent to and within Utility Rights-of-Way

摘要

This report provides an analysis and discussion of the tree related outage data collected from program inception in 2006 through March, 2010 by the six participating transmission/distribution utilities operating in Maryland (Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO), Southern Maryland Electric Coop (SMECO), Allegheny Power (AP), Delmarva Power (DP), and Choptank Electric Coop (CE)). Public outreach and education efforts undertaken to date are noted, and a basis for promulgating more precise vegetation best management practices is established as a result of this work.