Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 57.82 - Installation of distribution and service lines(a) Distribution and service lines installed under an application for electric service within a development shall be installed underground, shall conform to the utility's construction standards, § 57.26 (relating to construction and maintenance of facilities), the specifications set forth in the National Electric Safety Code (NESC), and shall be owned and maintained by the utility. Pad-mounted transformers may be installed as a utility construction standard. Excavating and backfilling shall be performed by the developer of the project or by another agent the developer may authorize. Installation of service-related utility facilities shall be performed by the utility or by another agent the utility may authorize. Street-lighting lines installed then or thereafter within the same development shall also be installed underground, upon terms and conditions prescribed elsewhere in each utility's tariff. The utility is not liable for injury or damage occasioned by the willful or negligent excavation, breakage or other interference with its underground lines occasioned by anyone other than its own employes or agents.(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a utility from performing its own excavating and backfilling for greater system design flexibility. No charges other than those specified in § 57.83(4) (relating to applicants for electric service) shall be permitted.The provisions of this § 57.82 adopted March 4, 1977, effective 3/5/1977, 7 Pa.B. 577; amended June 29, 1984, effective 6/30/1984, 14 Pa.B. 2230. This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 57.19 (relating to line extensions); 52 Pa. Code § 57.88 (relating to subdivisions); and 52 Pa. Code § 69.43 (relating to notice lead-time).