ENSURING RELIABILITY
VEGETATION TION MANMANAGEMENT U
Facilitating the safe and effective coexistence of overhead electric lines and trees
nitil is a public utility holding company, headquartered in Hampton,New Hampshire,that safely and reliably delivers natural gas and electricity throughout northern New England.Arbor Age magazine recently asked Sara Sankowich, system arborist at Unitil,about Unitil's vegetation manage- ment program.
Arbor Age: Please start by telling us a little about Unitil, your territory/distribution area,as well as your primary job responsibilities.
Sankowich: Our principal business is the local distribution of elec-
tricity and natural gas in the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. Our affiliates serve more than 101,400 electric customers and nearly 71,900 natural gas customers and provide energy brokering and advisory services to large commercial and industrial customers in the United States.
I am the system arborist for the electric system portion of Unitil.My
service territory includes areas in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. My primary job responsibilities are to develop and manage the vegetation
Sara Sankowich, system arborist at Unitil. 8 Arbor Age / July/August 2012 www.arborage.com
