HANDBOOK REQUIREMENTS - Central Maine Power Company

915. MULTIPLE SERVICES FROM ONE POLE
Multiple underground services from one pole will normally
require separate service cables installed
in separate conduits.
Standoff brackets are required when more than one conduit is
used, or is likely to be used, for any one utility. Refer to
Illustration No. 28 in Section XII for specifications and
materials for multiple risers on one pole.
Where additional
customers
request service of similar characteristics through
underground
cable from a pole with an existing underground
service,
the Company may, with Distribution Engineer approval
and subject
to the cost provisions of paragraph 903:
• Furnish and install a single conduit of adequate size for
all the service cables, or
• Furnish and install a single conduit and cable to a
handhole for connection of the service cables, or
• Furnish and install conduits and primary
cables to a
padmount transformer suitably located for connection of
the service cables.
916. CABLE
AND DUCT MAINTENANCE
The Company will repair and maintain cable and duct
systems owned by it. Repairs to Company owned cable and duct
due to normal hazards will be made at Company expense
including excavation, back fill, seeding
and temporary service
arrangements if necessary. The Company will not be responsible
for restoring major landscaping features (such as stone walls) that
are damaged during repairs. Repair of Company owned cable and
duct caused by damage attributable to negligence on the part of
another party will be billed to the party responsible for the
damage.
The customer will be responsible for repair and
maintenance of all cable and/or duct lines owned by the customer.
The Company will generally repair customer owned underground
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