West Penn Power's Tree Mauling - Take Heed

Before you agree to sign any consent form to have West Penn Power "prune" your trees to clear the power lines, inform your self by passing Kent Drive to get a first hand view of their appalling work.  What I believed was to be a thoughtful process that would blend both the need to clear their power lines with my aesthetic interests as a property owner, was nothing more than a reckless butchering by a third-party contractor (who solicited side jobs as they worked for the utility), which left my two ancient pin oak trees with an enormous and unsightly limb losses.  Literally, about 1/5 of my trees' limbs were hacked off.  After my complaint, the representative from their Forestry Department said that they don't do the cutting "to make 'em look pretty." I wish they would have printed that on the consent cards.