A. Meter installations and miscellaneous service equipment on customer's premises:
1. Meter installations.
a. Location. All meters installed by the city shall be installed at a convenient place, approved by the city, on the customer's premises to be at all times accessible for inspection, reading, and testing. The customer shall, at his own expense, provide a new and approved location for the meter or meters to comply with the foregoing whenever the existing meter or meters become inaccessible for inspecting, reading, or testing.
b. Multiple-occupancy buildings. In all buildings in which meters are required to be installed for various floors or groups of rooms to measure separately the electrical energy supplied to each of several customers, all meters shall be located at one central location unless otherwise specified by the city. Each meter position shall be clearly marked, by the building owner, to indicate the particular location supplied by it.
c. Master meters. A master meter will be furnished and installed by the city upon application by the owner or lessee of any residential building where the floors (or portions thereof) or rooms or groups of rooms are rented separately and where electric energy is to be metered and resold by said owner or lessee to the individual tenants. In such cases, the owner or lessee shall furnish, install, maintain, and test the submeters.
d. Seal of meters. All city meters will be sealed by the city, and no such seal shall be tampered with or broken except by a representative of the city authorized to do so.
2. Miscellaneous service equipment.
a. Equipment furnished by the customer. All service switches, fuses, meter sockets, meter and instrument transformer housings, switchboard meter test busses and similar devices, irrespective of voltage, required in connection with service and meter installation on customer's premises, shall be furnished, installed and maintained by the customer in accordance with the city's requirements. Detailed information will be furnished by the city on request.
b. Equipment furnished by city. The city will furnish and install the necessary instrument transformers, test facilities (except switchboard meter test busses), and meters. The city will furnish metering enclosures when it deems it necessary to locate metering equipment at a location that is not accessible to the customer.
B. Service connections.
1. Overhead services.
a. Service drops. Upon application for service to an existing residential lot where the city's distribution pole line is located on the consumer's premises, or on a street, highway, lane, alley, road or private easement immediately contiguous thereto, the city will furnish and install a single span of service wires from its pole to the customer's first permanent support, provided such support is of a type, and is so located that such service wires may be installed to a point approved by the city in accordance with good engineering practice, and in compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, including those governing clearances and point of attachments.
b. Impaired clearance. Whenever any of the clearances required by the applicable laws, ordinance, rules or regulations of public authorities from the service drop to the ground or any object become impaired by reason of any changes made by the owner or tenant of the premises, the customer shall, at his own expense, provide a new and approved support, in a location approved by the city, for the termination of the city's existing service drop wires and shall also provide all service entrance conductors and equipment necessitated by the change of location.
c. Service entrance conductors. For each overhead service connection, the customer shall furnish at his own expense a set of service entrance conductors which shall extend from the point of service delivery at the point of termination of the city's service drop on the customer's support to the customer's meter switch. Such service entrance conductors shall be of a type and be in an enclosure which meets with the approval of the city and any inspection authorities which have jurisdiction.
2. Underground service connection from an underground system.
a. Where the city establishes and maintains an underground distribution system, service in said underground area will be by underground connections. All new lots or parcels shall have underground service.
b. The customer shall provide, at his expense, a pull box in the building, as specified by the city, with conduit and conductors from the pull box to a transformer pad as designated by the city. The city will furnish, install, and maintain the service conductors from its underground system to the transformer pad.
3. Underground service connection from an overhead source. Any customer desiring the service conductors to be installed underground shall furnish, install, and maintain, at his expense, conduit or duct from a terminating pull box in the building to the pole, designated by the city, on which connection is to be made. The customer shall also furnish, at his expense, and convey to the city the necessary material to reach the service arm of the designated pole, and the city will thereafter own, erect, and maintain this material. Material furnished by the customer and its installation shall be specified by the city.
4. Number of services to be installed. The city will not install more than one service, either overhead or underground, for the same voltage and phase classification for any one building or group of buildings on a single premises, except as separate services may be installed for separate buildings or groups of buildings as provided for in the city Public Works Construction Standards, or where required by General Order 95.
5. Special services. Premises for which arrangements are made for any special type of service (such as but not limited to: three-phase service to a residence, emergency, X-ray, welder, or transmitter service) will be served only by underground connection where general service to the premises is by underground connection. All additions to underground facilities to accommodate such service will be made by the city at the customer's expense. Ownership of such additions will remain with the city.
6. Connection of customer's service to city lines. Only duly authorized employees of the city may connect the customer's service to or disconnect the same from the city's lines.
C. Transformer installation on customer's premises.
1. Where the city desires to install transformers on customer's premises, the customer shall furnish a satisfactory right-of-way for the high voltage primary service conductors and shall provide adequate space for the transformer installation. Right-of-way and space provisions must provide required clearances from adjacent structures, and any pad, room, or enclosure provided by the customer shall conform with all applicable laws of the State of California, and/or municipal regulations, and/or regulations of other public bodies having jurisdiction thereof, and be approved by the city.
2. Installations over 500 kva.
a. The city will not furnish pole-type structures.
b. Where the customer has provided a concrete pad or fireproof room in which city-owned transformers and switching equipment may be installed, the city will complete the installation consisting of protective equipment, primary and secondary bus, and necessary grounding. The concrete pad or room is subject to city approval before the installation will be made. The customer shall also furnish and install, at his expense, all secondary equipment and material necessary to receive service at the secondaries of the transformers or the secondary bus, or as otherwise specified by the city.
c. Where transformer and switching equipment is to be located outdoors, the customer shall provide and maintain, at his expense, a concrete pad or foundation as specified by the city. The customer shall also furnish and install, at his expense, all secondary equipment and material necessary to receive service at the secondaries of the transformers or the secondary bus, or as otherwise specified by the city. The city will complete the installation.
3. Installation of 500 kva or less.
a. The city may erect a pole-type transformer structure on existing poles and service from this structure will be supplied as specified by the city.
b. Where the customer has provided a concrete pad or fireproof room, at his expense, the installation will be made in accordance with 2-b hereof.
c. Where the customer has provided a concrete pad or foundation within an approved enclosure, the installation will be made in accordance with 2-c hereof.
D. Ownership and maintenance of facilities.
1. All transformers, meters, service wires, appliances, fixtures, and other facilities installed by the city, upon the customer's premises for the purpose of delivering electric energy to the customer shall remain the property of the city, and may be repaired or replaced by the city at any time, and removed at the termination of service, and may also be used to supply other customers whether or not on the same premises, provided the property rights-of-way have been obtained.
2. No rent or other charge shall be made against the city for placing or maintaining such facilities upon the customer's premises. The customer shall exercise reasonable care to prevent the facilities of the city upon said premises from being damaged or destroyed, and shall refrain from relocating or otherwise interfering with same, and, in case any defect therein is discovered, shall promptly notify the city thereof.
E. Customer's responsibility for his equipment.
1. The customer shall, at his sole risk and expense, furnish, install, inspect, and keep in good and safe condition all electrical wires, lines, machinery, and apparatus of any kind or character which may be required for (1) receiving electric energy from the lines of the city, regardless of the location of the transformers, meters, or other equipment of the city, and (2) applying and utilizing such energy, including all necessary protective appliances and suitable housing therefor.
2. The customer shall also transmit and deliver, and be solely responsible for the transmission and delivery of, all electric energy over or through customer's wires and equipment, regardless of the place where such electric energy may be transformed or metered.
3. The city will not be responsible for any loss or damage occasioned or caused by the negligence, want of proper care or wrongful act of the customer or of any of his agents, employees, or licensees on the part of customer in installing, maintaining, using, operating, or interfering with any such wires, lines, machinery, or apparatus.
F. Right of access. The city shall, at all times, have the right of ingress to and egress from customer's premises at all reasonable hours for any purposes reasonably connected with the furnishing of electric energy and the exercise of any and all rights secured to it by law or these rules.
(Ord. 588, 1991).