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Tree Trimming Near Power Lines in Cameron Park

Need tree trimming near power lines in Cameron Park? Branches inching toward the wires? Call us at (530) 380-5512. First we'll work out who owns the problem. If it turns out to be you, we'll get a Cameron Park tree trimming company booked to handle it.

Tree trimming near power lines in Cameron Park is not a do-it-yourself job.

Safety before anything else. Is a limb resting on a wire? Is a wire down? Dial 911. PG&E warns that contact with a power line can seriously hurt or kill you. Stay a good 10 feet back, and keep ladders and poles back too.

Look up: which wire is it?

The wires on a pole belong to different people. PG&E's tree safety page breaks them into three groups, from the top down.

That last row is the one that catches people off guard. PG&E puts it plainly. Owners have to keep the service drop clear of vegetation, and of trees that are dead or hazardous.

Picture a common setup. A pole at the back fence or the street, and one wire swooping over the yard to the eave. A tree planted under that wire years ago can grow right up into it.

The free shutoff

Now the good news. Need someone working close to your service drop? PG&E will switch your power off for a short while, free. The request goes through the Start/Stop Service section of PG&E's site.

Why bother? PG&E says tree work near power lines belongs to trained, line clearance-qualified workers with proper tools. A dead wire takes most of the danger out of it. Pick the work date with your tree pro first, then book the shutoff to match.

PG&E's own tree crews

The top wires are PG&E's job, and it's a big one. Every year its vegetation crews check roughly 100,000 miles of lines. Upward of 1.5 million trees a year end up trimmed or removed by those crews.

How much room do they leave? Around distribution wires, the minimum is a foot and a half in ordinary areas. In High Fire-Threat Districts it jumps to 4 feet. Those districts are drawn by the CPUC, the state's utility regulators. PG&E says it cuts beyond the minimum on purpose, so branches stay clear between visits.

Wondering if your block sits in one of those districts? PG&E's page links to the CPUC map. For questions about the poles and lines on your property, PG&E's number is 1-800-743-5000.

If PG&E crews come by

You might hear first by email, text, a recorded call, a knock on the door, or a door hanger. PG&E calls that notice a courtesy, so it doesn't always happen. Paint or ribbon on a trunk usually means the tree is due for work.

Afterward, small stuff under 4 inches across is chipped and taken away when that's safe, or cut small and left on the ground. Larger wood stays put. In PG&E's words, it belongs to the property owner. Questions about that wood go to 1-800-270-9750.

Some trees end up looking lopsided. Blame directional trimming, a utility habit of steering growth off to the side of the wires. Odd looking, PG&E admits, but it doesn't hurt the tree's health. If the look bugs you, ask a pro whether the other side can be evened out a bit, in the right season.

Poles with gear on them

Poles carrying equipment, like a transformer, can fall under a state fire law, Public Resources Code 4292. PG&E explains it applies during fire season, in places where CAL FIRE is in charge of fire protection. The law asks for a cleared circle 10 feet around the pole. In that circle, limbs get removed from ground level to 8 feet up. From 8 feet to the top of the lines, only the dead, sick or dying limbs have to go.

What line-side trimming costs

For PG&E's high wires, your cost is zero. That's their program.

Your own service drop is a regular trimming job, just pricier. Homeyou lists limbs near power lines among the priciest kinds of trimming to reach. It also notes that work near utility wires may call for a line clearance arborist rather than an ordinary crew.

Sources: Homeyou tree trimming cost guide (November 2026); Thumbtack tree trimming costs (October 2026); PG&E vegetation management page.

One small tip. Ask whether the quote covers time spent waiting on the shutoff window. It saves a surprise on the bill.

Cameron Park power line trims: why call us

Most folks can't tell one wire from another, and that's okay. Describe what you're looking at and we'll help sort out whether PG&E owns it. If it's your wire, we'll ring around for a tree pro who's used to working by service lines and get a visit on the books.

Trimming by a Cameron Park power line: the steps

1. Phone (530) 380-5512 and say which wire the branches are close to.
2. Top wires? We'll send you PG&E's way.
3. Your own service drop? We book a tree pro to come look.
4. The pro quotes it and agrees on a work date with you.
5. You request PG&E's free shutoff for that date, and the job happens with the power off.

Thinking of planting a new tree? PG&E asks you to dial 811 two working days or more before you dig, and buried lines get marked free. Then pick a spot where the tree won't reach the wires when it's grown.

Related: limbs over the roof and yard and street trees.