(A) Standard service.
(1) The standard form of electric service provided by the Electric Department is overhead electric service. Overhead service shall be delivered to the individual customer facility by means of overhead cables from the existing overhead electric system to a designated point on the customer's facility of sufficient height to comply with applicable code clearances. Standard service entrance sizes and voltages are as follows:
Service Entrance Size
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Voltage | 100-amp | 200-amp | 400-amp and larger | Available to |
102v/240v 1-phase | X | X | X | All rates |
120v/208v 3-phase | X | X | X | All rates, non-res. |
240v 3-phase | X | X | All rates, non-res. | |
277v/480v 3-phase | X | All rates, non-res. | ||
480v 3-phase | X | All rates, non-res. | ||
(2) All requests for service not conforming to these conditions shall be considered non-standard service.
(3) Charges for standard service. The following connection fees shall be paid by each customer requesting a change in an existing service:
(a) Overhead service connection/ existing overhead area: $500.
(b) Overhead service connection/ existing underground area: Not available.
(c) Underground service connection/ existing overhead area: $500
(d) Underground service connection/ existing underground area: $500.
(e) Existing overhead service to be changed to underground: $500.
NOTE: cost for changing an existing overhead service to an underground service does not include removal, demolition or replacement of any structure, i.e. dog pens, storage sheds, concrete flatwork, fences, landscaping, and the like.
(4) Service connections include up to 100 circuit-feet of service line conductor. It shall be the Public Works Director's responsibility to determine the location at which the customer must install the service entrance. Such location shall be the closest practical location to the Electric Department's existing or proposed electrical facilities from which service is to be provided. In determining the closest practical location, aesthetics shall not be considered. customers requiring service line lengths greater than 100 feet shall be charged for the excess footage above 100 feet at the following rates per circuit-foot:
Service Entrance Size
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Service Type | 100 amp | 200 amp | 400 amp |
1-phase service | $1.25 | $1.25 | $1.50 |
3-phase service | $2.00 | $2.00 | $2.50 |
(4) If the customer requests the service entrance to be at a location other than the closest practical location to the Electric Department's existing or proposed electrical facilities, excess footage shall be charged at the above rates for all footage beyond the closest practical location.
(5) The owner or owner's contractor shall provide the service head, riser conduit, and all other materials and installations required to make a complete installation, as described on standard drawings provided by the Electric Department. Meter sockets shall be located at a height of five feet above final grade with all meters located outside of any building or restricted area.
(B) (Reserved)
(C) Service line installation.
(1) Overhead connection, existing overhead area. Overhead service shall be delivered to the individual residence by means of overhead cable from the electric system pole structure to a designated point on the dwelling of sufficient height to comply to applicable code clearances. The location of the service entrance shall be such as to provide for the shortest route from the structure to the home as practical. The owner or contractor shall provide the service head, riser conduit, and all other materials and installation labor required to make a complete installation. The city shall provide, without charge, the meter and meter socket to be installed in the meter loop by the customer.
(2) Overhead service connection, underground area. Overhead service in an underground service area will not be permitted unless, in the opinion of the Public Works Director, that due to engineering considerations, this is the only feasible and practical manner in which service may be provided.
(3) New and existing underground service connection, existing overhead area. Underground service in an overhead service area will be available, provided engineering considerations will not prohibit service, in the opinion of the Public Works Director.
(4) Underground service connection, existing underground area. In areas designated for underground service, the services shall be delivered to the residences by means of a buried cable from pedestal, vault or pad mount transformer located on or near the property line to a point designated on the dwelling. The location of the service entrance shall be such as to provide the shortest route from the pedestal, vault or pad mounted transformer to the house as may be practical. All obstructions such as debris, dirt piles, brush, and the like shall be removed prior to the installation of service, and the lot shall also be graded to within one foot of final grade. The owner or contractor shall provide the necessary equipment to provide a complete installation.
(Ord. 1059, passed 3-2-1998; Am. Ord. 1604, passed 4-23-2012)