Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Section 57.83 - Applicants for electric serviceThe applicant for electric service to a development shall conform with the following:
(1) At its own cost, provide the utility with a copy of the recorded development plot plan identifying property boundaries, and with easements satisfactory to the utility for occupancy by distribution, service and street-lighting lines and related facilities.(2) At its own cost, clear the ground in which the lines and related facilities are to be laid of trees, stumps and other obstructions, provide the excavating and backfilling subject to the inspection and approval of the utility, and rough grade it to within 6 inches of final grade, so that the utility's part of the installation shall consist only of laying of the lines and installing other service-related facilities. Excavating and backfilling performed or provided by the applicant shall follow the utility's underground construction standards and specifications set forth by the utility in written form and presented to the applicant at the time of application for service and presentation of the recorded plot plan to the utility. If the utility's specifications have not been met by the applicant's excavating and backfilling, the excavating and backfilling shall be corrected or redone by the applicant or its authorized agent. Failure to comply with the utility's construction standards and specifications permits the utility to refuse utility service until the standards and specifications are met.(3) Request electric service at such time that the lines may be installed before curbs, pavements and sidewalks are laid; carefully coordinate scheduling of the utility's line and facility installation with the general project construction schedule, including coordination with other utilities sharing the same trench; keep the route of lines clear of machinery and other obstructions when the line installation crew is scheduled to appear; and otherwise cooperate with the utility to avoid unnecessary costs and delay.(4) Pay to the utility necessary and additional costs incurred by the utility as a result of the following:(i) Installation of underground facilities that deviate from the utility's underground construction standards and specifications if the deviation is requested by the applicant for electric service and is acceptable to the utility.(ii) A change in the plot plan by the applicant for electric service after the utility has completed engineering for the project or has commenced installation of its facilities.(iii) Physical characteristics, such as oversized lots or lots with extreme setback where under the utility's line extension policy contained in its tariff a charge is mandated for overhead service.(5) No charges other than those described in paragraph (4) shall be borne by the applicant for electric service or by another utility sharing the same trench, even if the electric utility elects to perform its own excavating and backfilling.The provisions of this § 57.83 adopted March 4, 1977, effective 3/5/1977, 7 Pa.B. 577; amended June 29, 1984, effective 6/30/1984, 14 Pa.B. 2250. This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 57.19 (relating to line extensions); 52 Pa. Code § 57.82 (relating to installation of distribution and service lines); 52 Pa. Code § 57.86 (relating to exceptions); 52 Pa. Code § 57.88 (relating to subdivisions); and 52 Pa. Code § 69.43 (relating to notice lead-time).