HANDBOOK REQUIREMENTS - Central Maine Power Company

steel electrical metallic tubing, standardized metal troughs
or
suitable rigid non-metallic conduit as permitted by the NEC.
Metered and unmetered wires shall not be run in the same
conduit, raceway or gutter. Exception: where the meter is pole
mounted and the service is to pole mounted equipment, both sets
of wires may be installed in a single vertical conduit run. Refer to
Illustration No. 6, CATV Power Supply Installation, in Section
XII. Coded conductors should always be used for positive
identification.
603. EMERGENCY OR STANDBY POWER
Where a customer makes provisions for or installs an
emergency or standby source of electric service, whether
permanently mounted or portable, which is designed to
energize the normal wiring system at the service entrance, the
customer shall notify the Company in advance by calling 1-800-
750-4000 (for Residential) or 1-800-565-3181 (for Commercial &
Industrial). No electrical connection shall be made to the service
entrance conductors or equipment until approved by the Company.
All installations must comply with the applicable sections of
the NEC. See NEC Article 700 "Emergency Systems" (legally
required), 701 "Legally Required Standby Systems", or 702
"Optional Standby Systems" (permanent or portable). Exception,
the State of Maine amended the 2008 NEC 702.5(B), (2) as
follows:
For optional standby systems that supply single-family
dwellings, the standby source shall not be required to be capable
of supplying the full load that is transferred by the automatic
transfer equipment.
A positive acting, “listed” (by UL or other organization
acceptable to the “authority having jurisdiction”)
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