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Transmission Contact Information The Transmission network is divided three areas: Northern, Central, and Southern. Each Transmission area is headed by a Chief Right of Way Inspector who is responsible for maintaining vegetation within PSE&G’s Right of Ways.
The activities of the Chief Right of Way Inspectors are overseen by the Senior Right of Way Coordinator.
By clicking on the area that your municipality is located, the contact information of the Chief Right of Way Inspector that services your location will appear.
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Right of Way Trees located along PSE&G’s Right of Way and in proximity to the electrical lines are a danger to the reliability of the electrical grid, the lives of our employees and the safety of the general public at large. A tree in close proximity to a transmission line has the potential to short out the line which will cause a hazardous electrical current to traverse through the ground and into underground wires and cables. This can initiate a serious outage that will not only have the possibility of causing the line to trip but can also inflict significant property damage and create a variety of safety concerns. An outage on a transmission line could impact hundreds of thousands of customers. Thus, it is necessary for PSE&G to actively maintain the area around transmission lines.
Furthermore, as you may know, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“BPU”) has made vegetation maintenance a major priority since the blackout of August 14, 2003. This organization has recently enacted tree maintenance regulations which require an integrated vegetation management approach be utilized on the border zone. This would allow for, in most cases, low growing compatible species to remain in this area. The regulations also require that only vegetation under three (3) feet in height that is located underneath a transmission wire (also known as the wire zone) is permitted to remain. These regulations evidence the importance that the BPU places on the maintenance of vegetation around our transmission lines.
Points to remember:
- No buildings, swimming pools, decks, sheds, barns, garages, fences, or any other structures can be located within the Right of Way.
- No lighting fixtures are permitted to be placed under the Right of Way.
- Septic systems and wells cannot be located within the Right of Way.
- No materials of any kind are allowed to be hung or affixed to the Transmission Right of Way Towers or any other Right of Way structures.
- All roads or paths permitting access to transmission Right of Way structures must be clear and unobstructed.
- Excavations near Transmission Structures are not permitted without proper approval from PSE&G.
- Activities such as kite flying and model airplane flying are prohibited on or near the Right of Way.
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