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How to Successfully Negotiate with Electric Utilities on Transmission Right of
Way Vegetation Management.
Nelsen R. MoneyNRM-VMS,INC
Who can benefit from this Presentation
•Cities•States•Counties•Federal Agencies – US Forest Service, BLM, National Parks
•Wildlife refuges
Facts About the Blackout
The Sky is falling
Fines can be a High as a Million Dollars
•Mitigation can be Millions of Dollars
Legal Documents That Allow the Utility to do Their Work– What They
Really Mean
• Easements—what do they say and not say• Franchise--- What is maintenance• Fee Strip ownership—Utility Owned Right of Way• Special Permits– Federal Forests, Wildlife Areas, National Parks
• Prescriptive
NERC Facts
Sag Clearance
Inside Utility Stakeholders Media
Representatives
Governmental Relations
Environmental
Vegetation Management
Customer care
• Zero NERC Compliance Issues
• Zero Outages• Lowest Cost
• We have the Rights….• We don’t Need to Ask for
Permission• Why Can’t Everyone in
the Utility Support Us
• Zero NOV’s• Environmental
Image• Why Can’t
the Vegetation Managers Try to Get Along
• All They do is Destroy the Environment
Zero Conflicts in the News PaperZero Conflicts on the Local Channels
Not Good at Creating “Good News Stories”
• No Problems with local, state and Federal Officials
• No Problems with Agencies
• No Townhall Meetings
• Why Can’t Veg Mgt Get Along with Communities
• Not in my Backyard
Transmission Tree Removal in City Council Newsletter
All Customers are Happy• Individual
Customers• Business
Customers• Community
Customers• Why Can’t Veg
Mgt. keep my Customers Happy.
• It is “ALL” about Customer Satisfaction.
WHAT is the TVMP• It is not Etched in Stone• It is Amendable
Options for a Cycle Approach ---- 1--- 5 years
Mitigations•Trees, shrubs, landscaping•Land Exchanges•Purchase of Mitigation Lands
•Recreation Management
Budgets are Annual and Future Funding is Available
Utilities have Non-profit foundations
Right of Way Stewardship Accreditation
• PRINCIPLE #3: COMMUNITY RELATIONS The IVM program provides for outreach to affected communities and stakeholders. • CRITERION 3.1: Public Education Stakeholders are apprised of the benefits of ROW Stewardship and IVM. • CRITERION 3.2: Stakeholder Engagement Stakeholders affected by proposed IVM operations are informed of the primary goals of reliability, assuring access and safety. The potential environmental and aesthetic effects of those operations, and potential stakeholder concerns are considered in management planning and operations.
Right of Way Stewardship Accreditation
Who Might Be The Next Electric Transmission to Be Accredited
Look to Leadership Examples
Success looks Like This • Know your Rights• Know the Utility Internal and External Stakeholders
• Have Relationships/Partnership Before Problems Develop
• Have Examples of how Other Utilities Have Negotiated
• If Impacts are Extreme, Work Toward a Cycle Approach
• Recognize the Utilities Efforts in Press Release
The Path to Negotiations….
Know the Utilities Inner Circle of Stakeholders• Customer Care• Media• Governmental Relations• Environmental
Remember