Thousands of hazard trees are removed each year along Southside’s rights-of way (ROW) to prevent outages and damage to SEC’s infrastructure. If the tree is in an unmaintained ROW, the entire tree will be cut down, and left along the edge of the ROW, or in the woods. If a tree is in a maintained ROW (such as a yard), the contractors will chip all brush from the tree that can fit into a chipper (under 6” in diameter); and then all of the remaining wood will be cut into manageable firewood lengths.
