Electricity
Power line protection zone: how many metres by voltage
Estados Unidos
No federal metre table — utility right-of-way (ROW) practice; varies widely.
Distancias y normas
The protection zone of an overhead power line is measured from the outer conductors on each side and grows with voltage. Inside it, building and many works need the grid operator’s consent.
Up to 1 kV
4 m on each side
Normas locales
6–20 kV
6 m on each side
Normas locales
35 kV
10 m on each side
Normas locales
110 kV
20 m on each side
Normas locales
150–220 kV
27 m on each side
Normas locales
330–500 kV
45 m on each side
Normas locales
Underground cable
2 m on each side
Normas locales
Forbidden inside
Building, storage, planting/felling trees, open fire, earthworks and blasting — without the grid operator’s written consent.
Normas locales
Allowed
Passage, driving across and mowing grass.
Normas locales
Limitación importante
Esta es una ayuda para la planificación, no una opinión legal. Antes de construir, comprueba las normas locales de uso del suelo, las servidumbres, los requisitos del operador de red/servicios públicos y los edificios vecinos.
