Trees add beauty to our community, but tree limbs and power lines are not a good combination. LCEC distribution lines carry our members’ electricity and must be kept clear to protect their safety and keep their electric service reliable. By trimming trees, LCEC reduces safety hazards and electrical outages.

Trees are a common cause of blinks and outages - especially when severe weather hits. In addition, tree limbs that extend into power lines pose a significant risk to public safety. Anyone climbing a tree with branches that are intertwined with power lines can come into contact with the wires and be seriously injured.

Our crews, which are generally Cooperative employees, trim trees around our primary transmission and distribution lines on a four (4) to five (5) year cycle.

Trees that are in the primary transmission and distribution lines, and trees that pose a threat to public safety and power interruptions will given our highest priority to be trimmed.  
Trees that interfere with service wires (wires from utility poles to the customer's house or building) will also be trimmed or removed by the cooperative. Please call the office if your trees are in the service wire and a member of the operations team will meet with you to make arrangements to have your line cleared.

The goal is to trim the tree back so that it will not interfere with the power lines until the next trimming cycle.
Around our high-voltage lines, clearance would be approximately 15 feet.
Members who refuse to allow Logan County Electric Cooperative to trim trees to a 3-4 year cycle may incur charges for out-of-cycle tree clearance.

At a customer's request, we will consider removing a tree if it interferes with a primary transmission or distribution line, and if removing it will eliminate the need for future trimming.
We will not remove a tree without the property owner's permission. If a tree is dead, dying, diseased, storm-damaged or is likely to be severely deformed by trimming, we will suggest it be removed.  If the tree being removed is dead or dying it shall be the responsibility of the homeowner to clean up debris.  The responsibilities of the homeowner and the Cooperative will be discussed and agreed upon prior to work being done. 

Wood chips are available to members if a crew is working in their neighborhood. If you're interested in obtaining wood chips, contact Member Services at 937-592-4781.

We are granted permission to trim trees under membership and easement agreements with the members we serve. We are not interested in trimming beyond what is necessary for public safety and reliability of electrical service.

• Applicant grants to the Cooperative the right and easement over any part of the premises described below to install, operate, maintain, repair and remove any part of the Cooperative’s electric and/or communication system to properly maintain the supply of service, and to do all things incidental or necessary thereto, including, without limitation, cutting, trimming and controlling the growth of vegetation that may interfere with or threaten to endanger the operation and maintenance of said system.

The member shall grant to the Cooperative and the Cooperative will maintain easement and/or right-of-way according to its specifications with the right to cut, trim and control the growth of vegetation using mechanical or chemical methods within the easement and/or right-of-way or that may interfere with or threaten to endanger the operation or maintenance of the Cooperative’s electric facilities.

The minimum easement width, which may include existing road right of way, shall be as follows:

Overhead Three Phase Primary                                 15’

Underground Three Phase Primary                            10’

Overhead Single Phase Primary                                10’

Underground Single Phase Primary                           10’

Overhead Three Phase Secondary                            10’

Underground Three Phase Secondary                       10’