Energized Urban Forestry

Abstract

Murray City Power is a small public utility operated by the community of Murray, Utah. Despite its small size, this utility faces problems and challenges common throughout the industry, particularly related to public relations, tree clearances, and power outages. Murray's holistic approach to managing the entire urban forest, including line clearance trees, has proven successful, both for the community and for the utility. Success is demonstrated through an analysis of outage data.