The Northwest Utility Co (NUC) Received Statutory Permission from the Government

The Northwest Utility Co (NUC) received statutory permission from the government to lay electrical cables under residential properties.Ariana suffered severe injuries when she struck a buried cable while gardening.If Ariana sues for the tort of nuisance, NUC will be able to avoid liability on the basis of the defence of statutory authority

A) only if a nuisance was the inevitable result of performing the statutorily authorized activity.
B) as long as a nuisance was the probable result of performing the statutorily authorized activity.
C) as long as a nuisance was a reasonably foreseeable result of performing the statutorily authorized activity.
D) as long as it did not intentionally create a nuisance when performing the statutorily authorized activity.
E) only if Ariana knew of the statute when she was injured.