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As a guy who had to cut trees from around utility lines,
There is no win from either side of this. There are so many people who purposely plant trees, bushes, etc right under/over existing utility lines ... knowing full well that we'll be back once they reach a danger point and either butcher/trim them or remove them. They have no say as to weather the tree stays or goes. It's our/utility company discretion. The reasoning for this is that the cost of loosing power to that line costs more than dealing with treehugger jones. If they now have to deal with 50 angry customers due to food going bad or lack of internet ... risk reward.
The up side here is that if you have a tree near a line and want it removed, you can call your local utility company and generally have it removed for free.
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