Introduction

Progress Energy owns and operates an extensive network of 3,600 miles of transmission line rights of way and over 200 miles of abandoned railroad rights of way in 32 northern and central Florida counties. These rights of way serve as energy interconnects to safely and efficiently transmit high voltage electricity from generators to consumers.

Progress Energy receives many requests from landowners, adjoining property owners, community leaders and governmental agencies to encroach upon power line rights of way. An encroachment is any use or activity within the transmission right of way that restricts, in any way, the full use or purpose for which the right of way was established. An encroachment includes, but is not limited to, any structure, building, facility improvement, fill, excavation, vegetation, material storage, equipment, obstruction, etc. Encroachments restrict Progress Energy 's access to its electrical facilities for maintenance and power restoration. The Transmission Right of Way Use Program oversees Progress Energy 's vested interest in transmission and distribution line rights of way to make sure reliability, engineering, access and safety standards are maintained.

Permissible collocated use of the rights of way, subject to the Transmission Right of Way Use Guidelines contained herein, include, but are not limited to, citrus groves and other agricultural uses, grazing, parking lots, and ingress and egress crossings.