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Essential Energy MOU

Memorandum of Understanding with Essential Energy for Vegetation Management near network assets.

Council at its 14 August 2024 meeting resolved to enter into a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Essential Energy for Vegetation Management near Network Assets, typically powerlines.

The MoU is intended to be non-binding but merely clarifies roles and responsibilities and streamlines administrative processes around consent and notification of the activities.

Background

Essential Energy has responsibilities to maintain its network assets. Part of those responsibilities involve routine vegetation management around powerlines.

Council as a Road Authority has responsibilities to manage and control activities within its road corridors where powerlines commonly exist. Therefore, control and management of third party utility provider activities like vegetation management near powerlines is required.

The proposed MoU contains provisions and mechanisms to streamline and control the management of not only the physical activities but the administrative requirements around consent and notification that provide benefit to both parties.

For more information:

Read the MoU

 

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