This maybe true, however, in the past storms the larger power companies are coming into hard times about these issues from the upper powers that be... Power outages are equalling payouts to customers if it goes longer than 2-3 days now. So, the tree trimming ticket is getting some attention. ...and this is just what I have been seeing and picking up from fellow utility workers. "If the tree is in Right of way and threatens the power distribution lines, chances are it is coming down". "We can humanily trim it to a point, but if the crew makes the decision to take it down, we will back them on their decisions".