This has been reported to Xcel Energy as they handle trees on power lines. They are sending a crew out to look at it and determine the next steps. Thank you for your report!

2.5 weeks later and the trees remain on the wires, causing the wires to sag. Is there no sense of urgency about this situation? A large tree came down in that exact location about 10 years ago causing road closure and most importantly, power outage for several days.

Our streets inspector verified that Xcel Energy must have cleared these trees. None were there when he went to re-check. Please report again if you notice this is not the case. Thank you for reporting!

Checked today and those trees remain on the power lines along Yellowstone. Visually follow the line, see the sagging under the weight of the trees.

As of 5:00 pm on October 10, the trees remained on the sagging power lines.

Public Works staff has trimmed these branches back to the communication line they are leaning on. The origin of this tree is from private property and as such, it is the responsibility of the property owner and/or the owner of communication line to have the remainder of this tree removed as Public Works staff is instructed to remain 10' away from communication lines and 30' away from power lines.

Thank you for relieving some of the pressure off the lines by trimming. Since the branches still remain on the power lines, will Xcel be informed again? As stated above that the tree is on private property, has the homeowner been made aware of the issue? Please note this is not on the property of 24240 as was originally reported.

Clickfix just notified me that it has been 91 days since this was submitted. Per the registered user's comments of 10/15, have any of her suggestions been taken? Questions answered. As of today, the trees remain.

181 days, no response to the 10/15 and 12/10 comments, trees remain on the lines. Power outage anyone?

271 days. Any word from Xcel?

Julie Moore u xilsaaray arrinkan Public Works Supervisor

I have called Xcel Energy and they have created a new work order for this area. I asked for a time frame, and they said it usually takes a couple of business days to have work completed. The work order was made on 8-12-2022.

Xcel came by today to check on the issue with the trees on the lines. I spoke with the staff who informed me that the trees were actually resting on phone lines, and that there are no power lines at the section between those poles.

As they are not power lines, Xcel is not responsible for trimming back those trees. He was very pleasant and professional, and I let him know that I would post here to inform Shorewood and those who reported it there is no danger of power outage due to the fact that these trees are not testing on power lines, but are in fact on telephone lines.

Hope this answers everyone’s concerns.

P.S. When reporting issues to this forum, please make certain to put on the correct address closest to the location of the issue. My address was affixed to this complaint, and I live three houses down from where the trees at issue exist. It has caused some confusion, as workers have been going to the wrong location. This is why I spoke personally with the Xcel tech today, to ensure they were looking in the correct spot.

Thank you for the update. ClickFix assigns the address based on where you click on the problem. Sorry, on behalf of ClickFix, for involving you. However, you are the first person with a concrete answer on this in 13 months since it was reported. Considering that these are communication wires (MediaCom-Xtreme, CenturyLink), the branches, and many others on wires in this city, could certainly be contributing to the poor and intermittent service customers have. Will the city contact those carriers? We shall see!

After one year and one month, it has been established (by a resident-not the City) that these are not power, but communication lines. That may make those lines coming down less dangerous, but perhaps not less important. Has the City moved on past this ClickFix? Will staff contact the service providers? Reading this thread borders on comedy.

I received an email from Mediacom that this trim work was performed on December 5, 2022.