HANDBOOK REQUIREMENTS - Central Maine Power Company

For any customer-owned line extension, the customer
may locate the service equipment, including the meter
enclosure,
on the final pole of the line extension. This pole
may
also be the location of CMP's transformer, under the
following conditions:
� All secondary conductors on the pole shall be run in
conduit;
� The service equipment will be relocated off the pole at
the owner's expense should the line be conveyed to CMP
for any reason (the customer should contact the
Company prior to relocating any service equipment to
discuss the new location);
� No non-utility attachments (i.e. satellite dishes,
clotheslines, basketball hoops, animal runs, etc.) shall
be
allowed on the pole;
� Access by standard utility vehicles to the pole shall be
maintained at all times by the owner at his/her expense.
When the customer-owned line includes a primary
underground that is feeding a single customer and owned by
that customer, it may be constructed as a radial (in lieu of a
loop) feed system. (See also, the Company's Terms &
Conditions
7.4 (B)(11) (i), 7.4 (B)(12) (iii) and 7.5 (E); and
paragraph
904 of this handbook.
C. CUSTOMER OBLIGATIONS
Prior to purchasing materials, the contractor should
contact the Company to determine the appropriate wire size
and type and the appropriate insulation level for the
proposed line.
Before the Company shall be obligated to energize a
private
line extension, the contractor or customer shall:
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