On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 11:15:17 AM UTC-4, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 4:24:32 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 10 May 2016 12:20:04 -0700 (PDT), GARYWC
wrote:


Does the public utility's responsibility end at:

* the electric meter
* the main breaker in the electric panel box
* the individual branch circuit breakers in the panel box.

It is called the service point and typically that will be the crimps
where an overhead drop connects at the drip loop or at the street in
the case of a service lateral. You own the wire coming down the side
of the house and the meter socket but they own the meter and they have
common carrier power to seal the meter can.

I'm going to muddy the waters a little ask a different question:

Who is responsible for the actual connection device that is attached to the
house? i.e. the standoff and the support cable? The reason I ask is this:


I don't think there's a definite answer here. I think it depends on your local utility.

On the campus with many buildings where I work, there is a term called "point of demarcation" in the contract we have with local utility. Per contract, the point of demarcation is "typically" the service disconnect, or the 5 foot from building line, or or or. Some of the time it is pretty gray.