The electric company never showed up, but I got a bit more information. The new people across the drive, that bought that property, are wanting their electric lines buried. Ok, that makes sense. BUT, instead of tying in at the junction box out at the road, and paying for the extra cable, to run it to their place, they didn't want to pay for the extra cable. SO, they're going to tie it in at the nearest pole, and bury it from there. To tie it into the pole, means the electric company has to put in a bigger pole, and larger transformer.
These people have some money. They're not rich, but it's not like they're broke. There are places to cut corners, but that is not the place I'd recommend cutting a corner. Part of the reason we normally have power, during hurricanes, bad storms, etc., when none of our neighbors do, is that when they built our house, they took advantage of the offers to tie into the buried cable system.
We live in an older, established area. It was here long before buried cables were ever thought of. When they first came out with the underground system, it was free to tie into, meaning the power company paid for running the cables, etc. All the newer homes, tied into it. Many of the people that owned older, established homesteads, didn't trust it, and wouldn't tie into it.
These older homesteads tend to be on larger parcels of property, so the distance from the road to the property can be significant. As time went on, the window of opportunity to tie into the buried cable system, closed some. Now, the power company will pay for the cable on the property itself, and half the cost of running it from the road to the property. The price of the cable is what the power company pays for it, in bulk without any mark up. While it's not what I'd call cheap, it's not exorbitant either. It would probably have cost them in the area of $2,000.00. They've built a huge barn. They're building a huge home at the beginning of next year. Why stint when it comes to paying half for the cable, to tie into a much more secure power system?
Yet, far too many take the attitude that they're not paying for the electric company to run cable, even though they're a mile or more from the main road, when they can get the overhead stuff for free. That attitude might serve those that have been on the overhead system since back in the day, but not when building new. Oh, and they're the ones that are the first to complain, and complain the loudest when it storms, and branches fall on the lines, interrupting their service. Go figure.
These people have some money. They're not rich, but it's not like they're broke. There are places to cut corners, but that is not the place I'd recommend cutting a corner. Part of the reason we normally have power, during hurricanes, bad storms, etc., when none of our neighbors do, is that when they built our house, they took advantage of the offers to tie into the buried cable system.
We live in an older, established area. It was here long before buried cables were ever thought of. When they first came out with the underground system, it was free to tie into, meaning the power company paid for running the cables, etc. All the newer homes, tied into it. Many of the people that owned older, established homesteads, didn't trust it, and wouldn't tie into it.
These older homesteads tend to be on larger parcels of property, so the distance from the road to the property can be significant. As time went on, the window of opportunity to tie into the buried cable system, closed some. Now, the power company will pay for the cable on the property itself, and half the cost of running it from the road to the property. The price of the cable is what the power company pays for it, in bulk without any mark up. While it's not what I'd call cheap, it's not exorbitant either. It would probably have cost them in the area of $2,000.00. They've built a huge barn. They're building a huge home at the beginning of next year. Why stint when it comes to paying half for the cable, to tie into a much more secure power system?
Yet, far too many take the attitude that they're not paying for the electric company to run cable, even though they're a mile or more from the main road, when they can get the overhead stuff for free. That attitude might serve those that have been on the overhead system since back in the day, but not when building new. Oh, and they're the ones that are the first to complain, and complain the loudest when it storms, and branches fall on the lines, interrupting their service. Go figure.
We'll get it stacked to get it out of the way. We still have a bunch of wood that needs to be split. That stuff will most likely get split before any new stuff.
