Wimmer v. Public Utilities Commission

{¶ 1} Kurt Wimmer and the Wimmer Family Trust (“the Wimmers”) argue that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio erred in allowing Ohio Edison Company to remove certain trees from a transmission-line easement running over the Wimmers’ property. We disagree and affirm the order of the commission.

I. Background

{¶ 2} Ohio Edison owned a transmission-line easement running over the Wimmers’ property. For years, Ohio Edison, in accordance with the company’s general policy, had trimmed and (rarely) removed trees growing in the easement. But that policy changed after several tree-to-line contacts…