HANDBOOK REQUIREMENTS - Central Maine Power Company

IV. OVERHEAD SERVICE
400. SERVICE DROP
For single phase service, the company will furnish, install,
own and maintain the overhead service drop, running from its
secondary distribution system to a designated point on the
customer's premises. It shall be the responsibility of the owner
or
contractor
to have the point of attachment
determined by the
Company so that a solid fastening for the service drop may be
incorporated in the building. The customer shall install a standard
hook or eye bolt, furnished by the Company, in accordance with
NEC,
Section 230.54(C). For services to low buildings or where
the style of building construction does not readily permit the
installation of the standard hook or eye bolt, the customer will,
with Company approval, install a mast type service or provide an
alternate means of attachment for the service drop. Refer to
Illustration No. 3, in Section XII for a Mast Type Service.
In accordance
with NEC Section 230.27, service drops shall
be attached to buildings or other structures by fittings identified
for use with service conductors. Per NEC Section 230.10,
“vegetation such as trees shall not be used for support of overhead
service conductors.”
For polyphase service, the customer shall be responsible
the cost of any overhead service drop.
401. SERVICE DROP CLEARANCE
In general, the ground clearance for triplex and quadraplex
service
drops, including drip loops, shall be not less than 12 feet
for spaces accessible to pedestrians only, 15 feet over residential
driveways, 18 feet over public ways,
and 24 feet over railroads.
Additi onally, a 20-foot clearance over State/State Aid roads is
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