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- As a public utility, SVEC is responsible for the safety and reliability of its electrical system.
- The cooperative holds easements over properties it doesn’t own and where existing powerlines run.
- This provides SVEC the necessary access for ongoing infrastructure improvements or maintenance.
- Easements are legal documents granting SVEC access to property for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining equipment and lines.
- Easements also allow for right-of-way maintenance that includes clearing, trimming, and removal of vegetation.
- Easements are required from each landowner.
- Easements are areas designated for overhead and underground utility access and are usually defined when a lot or neighborhood is first platted.
- Easements are implemented because it is more efficient and less expensive to run utility lines straight through neighborhoods than it is to run them around parcels of land.
- Having right-of-way means that utilities can access the area to fix a utility-related problem or to perform maintenance.
- Easements outline general property rights by others while right-of-way (as its name implies) is a specific property right.
