On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 21:31:33 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 10:38:57 PM UTC-6, Grigori Rasputin wrote:
The cover on the meter socket is missing. I don't know how long it's
been off. The lead seal is missing that shows it hasn't been tampered
with. There are tracks in the yard that look like the electric company
has been next to the pole. It's been since last October since They fixed
the street light, and these tracks look like only a few days old. I
wonder if they're screwing with me?

I'm worried they're going to pull my meter without telling me and accuse
me of tampering with the meter. I called them today to see if they had a
cover, but they said I need to get one from an electrician. I've heard
of them screwing people over by pulling the meter when they thought
someone tampered with it, and as long as that lead seal is gone, they
could claim I tampered with it. They didn't ask my name so maybe they
won't know it's missing, until I can replace it.

I'm going to try and get a new cover Monday. If I have to get an
electrician to replace the box and conduit, how much appx. do you think
an electrician will charge for labor? He would probably put in new wire too.

Home depot has the socket for $23.63, 125 AMP ringless-horn bypass. The
conduit wouldn't be much, I could buy those, and probable save money,
instead of getting them from the electrician.

I'm enclosing a link with a picture of the meter and socket, do you
think that socket at home depot would work?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/niefg9kj1p...15969.jpg?dl=0

This is really not a good time for me to have a new expense.

Tomorrow I'm going to walk around the property and across the road to
see if I can find the old cover. We've had a lot of wind here, but the
cover hasn't had problems in the last three and a half decades, until now.

Call your power company again and tell them what happened and that you are worried that someone could get hurt and would they please come out ASAP. If you are polite and pleasant they should not cut off your power as that would be causing possible harm to the residents of the house,

Bad advice. The PoCo does not own that meter can, he does and they
might just cut the drop if he tries to play the safety card. It is
much better to just replace the cover and call for a new seal.
If his usage has been consistent and doesn't spike after it is sealed
they usually say no harm no foul.