I had received a letter in the mail from the Electric company asking me to sign documents allowing a Utility Right of Way on a shared private driveway that I own to the neighbor next door. The neighbor does have a deeded 25′ Right of Way that states “TOGETHER with free ingress, egress, and regress for the purpose of pedestrian and vehicular access as aforesaid over land….”. Nothing in the existing Right of Way calls out Utilities. I called the Electric company to inquiry and they said if I do not sign, the neighbor can grant the Utility access without my signature. They are saying “Under Pennsylvania Law, ingress, egress, and regress is satisfactory enough for them.”
Is this true? I have a consult with a lawyer but it is not for another week. Until then this is a bit frustrating. You have documents that state a specific use currently but find out that they might not mean anything.
For what it’s worth. Neighbor does have another Right of Way that already includes Utility access on the other end of their property. This one is closer to where they need it.
Thanks for any insight.
Location: PA