Evan wrote:
On May 12, 8:01 pm, "John Gilmer" wrote:

Beyond a point, they have nothing to gain by making a fuss. They can't
claim "theft of services" because you are paying. It's at most a technical
violation of their service teriffs. Since they are in the business of
selling electricity, it's silly to disconnect a paying customer just for
spite.


They won't make a fuss with the customer, other than assessing
any fees authorized by the public utility overseers in your state...

However, they can and will go after the professional with the
electrical license with the public utility people or the state
electrical board and have his "ticket" punched... That is not
out of spite... It is out of a desire to protect the integrity of
their metering equipment and distribution of services...

Not "wanting" to call ahead to have power company employees
come out and pull the meter and making a bogus claim of
"it was an emergency" won't fly after the second time...

~~ Evan

You are generalizing from what may (or may not) be the practice where
you are.

I cut seals when needed and called the utility metering department
within a day or two. The utility had no problem with that.

I doubt utilities would have problems with licensed electricians cutting
seals and then telling them. A licensed electrician is going to be
involved in a fraud?

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