The Bull Run Volunteer 500 KV power line is pictured in a file photo.TVA is backing off a controversial part of its tree-cutting policy, and some plaintiffs who are suing the agency over that policy see the move as a victory.
The Tennessee Valley Authority has dropped a rule calling for the removal of any tree within its power line easements that would be able to grow more than 15 feet high. This was a key point of the conflict between homeowners and TVA, said Vance Sherwood, whose wife, Donna Sherwood, is one of the plaintiffs.
“We never expected we would win this thing, but it looks like we actually won,” Vance Sherwood said.
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