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Old 02-18-2010, 07:08 AM
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On the other hand, the Utility will absolutely not allow you to do any of the work to bury Distribution.
From your description, you're asking to bury Distribution. Contact your Utility and expect to pay pretty dearly to bury that wire!
I can confirm this. When I had my 13KV Primary line buried, I tried every way in the world to get them to let me do some of the work. Their consistent answer was, "It's a liability issue. The lawyers will not allow it!"
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Old 02-18-2010, 08:35 AM
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~800' along the road $2206.97 in 2007 I dug the ditch (About $400 on a rented ditch witch-- get the ride on model!) . Though the folks in east tennessee are exceptional to work with if you just ask nicely. I also extended water 2" line at the the same time in a parallel ditch.

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Old 02-18-2010, 10:22 AM
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When we built the first shop the overhead lines were in the way. We cut the main line at our house roof, trenched the ditch, and installed a new meter box with romex for temp power till the power co. came out and laid the new wire for $125.00 in 1996. As someone else said I think a lot depends on who comes out, and how they (and you) are to deal with. The phone co. charged $300. I also understand my home 220 lines aren't the same as the main lines going down the road.
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Old 02-18-2010, 07:36 PM
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I think there are actually 3 types of power distribution runs. The 120/240/480 that would run to your home or biz., the standard high voltage that runs down most street on ~50' high poles and the very high voltage transmission lines.

Is the wiring on one of those really big towers? Those are very high voltage with multiple wires and 100' will probably run like $50,000 - $100,000 (or more) or something crazy like that. Could be less depending on where you live though.
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Old 02-18-2010, 07:41 PM
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....Neither of these jobs can be done by yourself. Your utility may allow you to dig the trench for your Service, but they have to lay the wire and make electrical connections themselves. On the other hand, the Utility will absolutely not allow you to do any of the work to bury Distribution.

From your description, you're asking to bury Distribution. Contact your Utility and expect to pay pretty dearly to bury that wire!
When I built my hangar, the utility had to extend a 12 Kv line and add a new transformer near the hangar.

I had to grant them a legal, surveyed easement, but I was able to dig the trench myself (well almost, a neighbor with a backhoe did it).

All the utility did was to send out a "trench inspector" to say that the trench was OK - IIRC it was two feet wide by 4 ft deep. After we removed a rattlesnake that fell in, it passed....

The utility came and laid the cable and installed the new transformer. I had the trench filled in, and that was inspected when the short service trench to the hangar was inspected.

In our case, there was no charge for the cable or transformer since it was under 500 ft. from an existing transformer. We would have been charged for any excess over 500 ft.

Check with your local utility - I was nicely surprised on how easy they were to deal with.

It did cost me a bout with Valley Fever though....
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Old 02-19-2010, 07:35 AM
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We had to relocate our runway due to a gravel pit that purchased rights to the sand from the land holder. The new location had high voltage lines at one approach end and a pole directly in the middle. $13k to bury across two poles and remove the center pole. Total time for the power company about 8 hours.
I thought it was $7k too much but the club voted for it.
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