my inspectors wouldnt pass it if it didn't comply with the nec would they?
hahaha, yes they would if the WAC or RCW's (wa state rules) differed.
also if a meter is by itself on a pole, w/o any breakers, feed in, then out in same pipe, one ground rod. i am thinkin, if it is a service, now that i think about what i've done here, that two ARE required just because it's a service. whatever exception there is, and i'm not sure it is a local thing or not, the one ground rod rule does not apply to a service on a pole. at least not where i am. your results may differ.
again, as to the 'structure' of a pole, the 2017 has not been adopted yet. i couldnt tell you what the 2014 says about it however and that HAS been adopted. yes i am admitting that i never bought a 2014 codebook!!!! thats because i dont buy codebooks, just handbooks, and i already have my 2017!!! how it that possible!!!!! (Platt).