CLEARLAKE
PG&E is offering 1,500 free trees to customers through Energy-Saving Trees Program
Starting this week, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is providing 1,500 free trees for eligible customers across its service territory, including Lake County, through the Energy-Saving Trees program. The trees will be delivered directly to the customer’s address.
Arbor Day Foundation and PG&E are partnering to locate and provide available native California trees and distribute them, as well as offering knowledge of where best to plant them. Customers in eligible areas can sign up and reserve a tree at www.arborday.org/pge. There, you can insert your address to learn about the most beneficial location to plant the tree. PG&E’s “Right Tree, Right Place” resources provide guidelines to anyone planting any tree to ensure they do not interfere with overhead or underground electric or gas lines.
“There are many long-term benefits to planting trees in our communities, where we all live and work; including reducing your electric bill, sustaining our planet by providing cleaner air, reducing carbon emissions, and improving mental health,” said Michael Seitz, Vice President of PG&E Vegetation Management. “An online mapping tool calculates and shares the tree’s contributions to those annual energy savings, reduced carbon emissions and cleaner air, based on the most strategic location.”
Each household can reserve up to one tree through the website until all 1500 trees are reserved. Customers can select one type of trees out of the below choices, and it will be delivered directly to the customer’s address via mail at an ideal time for planting.
- Japanese Lilac
- Kousa Dogwood
- Little Leaf Linden
- Service Berry
“This program enables utility providers, like PG&E, an opportunity to become directly involved with their communities,” said Kristen Bousquet, program manager at the Arbor Day Foundation. “This unique program benefits utility providers, their customers, and the communities they serve by finding natural ways to conserve energy. The right trees in the right place provide shade to communities, reducing the urban heat island effect which could lead to a household’s reduction in energy use by up to thirty percent.”
To see how the program works, watch this 2-minute video online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6GZ5EYYxW8. For more information on the online mapping tool’s environmental calculations, visit https://energysavingtrees.arborday.org/#About
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LAKEPORT
Lakeport City Council seeks to fill openings
The Lakeport City Council is anticipating the vacancy of one or more City Council seats and seeking applications from interested parties.
The person(s) appointed will serve approximately two years, with a term ending in 2024.
Those interested in being considered for appointment to serve as Councilmember on the Lakeport City Council are invited to submit a Councilmember Vacancy Application. The application can be obtained online at www.cityoflakeport.com or at Lakeport City Hall, located at 225 Park Street, Lakeport.
Qualified candidates must reside in Lakeport City limits, be at least 18 years of age, and registered to vote in the City of Lakeport. The five-member City Council serves as the legislative body of the City and is responsible for setting policy, adopting the annual budget, adopting laws, determining services to be provided and the funding levels, and appointing citizens to its advisory boards and commissions.
Applications may be submitted electronically to hbritton@cityoflakeport.com or in person, at Lakeport City Hall (address noted above).
Completed applications must be returned to the Office of the City Clerk no later than Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, at 5 p.m.
Once the application period has closed, the applications will be distributed to the City Council for review. The City Council will hold interviews for the applicants on December 12 and 13, 2022.
For additional information, please contact Hilary Britton, Deputy City Clerk, at 263-5615, Ext. 102, or by e-mail at hbritton@cityoflakeport.com.
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SANTA ROSA
PG&E to conduct patrols along transmission lines this week in North Bay and North Coast
As part of its ongoing efforts to keep customers safe by reducing wildfire risk, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will conduct aerial patrols in Lake County. Scheduled helicopter patrols are part of the company’s Vegetation Management Program to detect dead or dying trees. Patrols will occur along several electric transmission lines located in the following areas: Clearlake, Lower Lake, Kelseyville, Middletown, Lucerne, Clearlake Oaks, Upper Lake, Lakeport, Cobb (Geysers).
Depending on the weather conditions, foresters will fly a Bell 407 from the Ukiah Municipal Airport to the transmission lines and back for refueling. Flights may be as low as 300 feet and could be between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Flights are expected to conclude by end of day Friday, October 28; however, weather delays may push to flights to additional days.
PG&E is using helicopters to inspect the trees along transmission lines within High Fire-Threat Districts, as outlined by the California Public Utilities Commission, across Northern and Central California through the end of the year.
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