"Evan" wrote in message
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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

I agree with Bud, you can't generalize these things. Where I work, there are
three electric utility companies within 20 miles of me. Each has specific
requirements for disconnecting and reconnecting service equipment. The most
lax of the three, similar to Bud, only requires me to notify them after I've
cut a meter seal, the most stringent utility company, requires verbal and
written notification, using specific forms before they send someone to the
job and remove their case hardened hydraulic lock from their customer's
meter box.