ground from service
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SiddMartin
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POCO here does not require us to ground meter
Twoskinsoneman
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- West Virginia, USA NEC: 2020
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If it's already at the panel then that's probably where is must stay. My POCO requires it to be at the disconnect.
I'm seeing a "different" question.
If you are relocating the meter but leaving the panel in the same location, my question is how are you routing the cable between the meter and the panel. 230.70 requires the service disconnect outside or inside nearest the point of entrance. To comply are going have to add a service disconnect ahead of the existing panel ??
If so, you will need a separate equipment ground to the old panel and your grounding electrode conductor would need to terminate at or prior to your new disconnect.
Am I reading something in that isn't in your post ?
If you are relocating the meter but leaving the panel in the same location, my question is how are you routing the cable between the meter and the panel. 230.70 requires the service disconnect outside or inside nearest the point of entrance. To comply are going have to add a service disconnect ahead of the existing panel ??
If so, you will need a separate equipment ground to the old panel and your grounding electrode conductor would need to terminate at or prior to your new disconnect.
Am I reading something in that isn't in your post ?
ericsherman37
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- Oregon Coast
I kind of see the same thing. If the meter is moving to the opposite end of the house but the panel is staying put, then the new meter would probably need to be a meter main or something.. in which case the GEC would have to run all the way out there, like you said..
Sonny Boy
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- Washington
Or, he installs conduit on the outside of the house from the meter to the panel.
charlie
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- Indianapolis
Assuming a meter is installed on the other side of the home and you are entering the home at that location, you are required to install a service at that location. From the service to the old panelboard, you are now required to run the two phase conductors, the neutral and the grounding conductor since the old panelboard is now a distribution panelboard and is no longer the service equipment. The GEC must originate in the service equipment which is now on the other end of the home in the new location. 
laketime
Senior Member
I am going to install emt on the exterior of the house from the new meter location to the old meter location and use the old meter box as a junction box into the back of the panel. The meter is moving down the same wall about 30feet. The service drop is getting pushed and encased by ice in the winter, so poco wants the drop closer to the pole. The existing panel will stay in place and still be the service for the house.
iMuse97
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- Chicagoland
That works. If you run it that way, you should not have to pull a separate GND. However, just thought of another question: where will the telecom and cable guys bond their stuff to your system?
On the other hand, could you not leave the meter can where it is, and run a very long conduit over to where your new riser emerges above the roof as a masthead?
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charlie
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- Indianapolis
That is strange to me. As I have said on numerous occasions, each electric utility is different.
laketime
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Yeah didn't make much sense to me either. At the new location the meter will be behind the fence and is on the opposite corner of the house from where you would place it if you were looking at their standards book. Thats why I have learned over the years to call the poco and have them tell me what to do. That is always cheaper for everyone concerned in the long run.
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