Neighborhood Open Houses To Be Held
For Immediate Release - April 15, 2003
NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville Electric Service (NES) will host Open Houses at the following locations to provide details about its Vegetation Management Program and answer customer questions and concerns.
| Date | Location | Time |
| April 21 | Randall Training Center, 3501 Byron Avenue | 5-7 p.m. |
| April 24 | Randee Rogers Training Center, 1419 8th Avenue North | 5-7 p.m. |
| April 28 | Taylor Stratton Elementary School, 310 Old Hickory Boulevard | 5-7 p. m. |
| May 1 | East Public Library, 206 Gallatin Road | 5-7 p.m. |
NES' accelerated Vegetation Management Program is designed to reduce the number of power outages that customers experience. A recent study conducted by Environmental Consultants, Inc. (ECI) found that NES has the highest number of tree-caused outages per 100 miles of line of any of the more than 100 utilities studied by ECI to date - at least 10 times that of best practice utilities.
"Our surveys of both residential and commercial customers show that the most important thing to our customers, other than cost, is reliable service," said Don Kohanski, NES President and CEO. "We must adequately trim trees to reduce the number of power outages. In doing so, we will follow the Metro Tree Ordinance and the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) guidelines."
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