[yeezul]

I'm not completely sure this is indeed what we're talking about, but in Quebec, Hydro Quebec clears the forest around their power lines [0][1]

0: https://imgur.com/a/P5boTGD 1: https://imgur.com/a/judq7zj

[grawprog]

Yeah same in BC. My old place used.to have a bunch of trees in the front yard. BC hydro used to show up regularly to cut branches on them that interfered with powerlines.