HANDBOOK REQUIREMENTS - Central Maine Power Company

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� Furnish and install (at the customer’s expense)
the
primary cable in conduit furnished by the customer or
direct buried.
� Provide a padmount transformer of adequate
capacity.
903.
CUSTOMER COSTS
The customer shall pay for all costs for the installation of
single-phase secondary underground (UG) service provided by the
Company as determined on a flat rate basis in accordance with the
Company’s filed tariffs.
Should it be necessary for the Company to install a road
crossing pole specifically for an underground service installation
which would not be provided for an equivalent overhead service,
the customer shall be assessed a fee to cover the additional cost.
The payment for the underground construction costs must
be received by the Company prior to the scheduling of the
construction.
904. LOOP FEED REQUIREMENT
When providing primary underground service to be owned
by the Company or located in a public way, the construction will
be a Loop Feed System or contain a spare cable. A primary
underground line feeding a single customer and owned by that
customer may be constructed as a radial feed system. See
paragraph
219 of this handbook for more information on customer
constructed/owned lines.
A Loop Feed System serves loads from one source circuit,
through two separate cables or sets of cables. Ideally, the risers
would be on separate poles, but when economic or physical
conditions prevent the utilization of two separate poles, it shall
be