I picked up the electric company’s estimate to install the poles AND run the power lines to the house. The cost was about the same as all of the other estimates, but the power company estimate includes the wire they will be running to our property. If we went through a contractor, we would have had to pay for the wire as well, which as you read below…is over $2 a foot. Considering that we would need to run about 400ft, that would have added another $800 to the tab.
I also have to meet the owner of the property where we are installing one of the poles on Monday at the attorney’s office to get him to sign off and have it notarized. With his permission officially documented, I will be able to return to the electric company and get the ball rolling after I give them a large bankers check and sign some paperwork.
While I am there, I will also need to pay the power company to install the meter on our electrical pedestal so once they install the poles and run the lines they will hook them up to the pedestal and start charging us for POWER!
The official estimate says that once I pay, it will take them about three months to install the poles and power lines. Hopefully my neighbors will be able to help us move the process along with all of their connections and we won’t need to wait the three months that they are telling us…but either way, three months or two weeks, it will be good to get another major “To Do” item off of our list.
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