Heavy ups and the POCO

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Energy-Miser

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When we do a residential heavy up, once our inspection for it is done, then the power company (BGE in our area) would get the word from the inpector's office and would schedule their work to change the connection from temporary to permanent. This is how it used to be done. Recently we have found out that they don't schedule the permanent connection automatically anymore, and that we will need to take action, except that no one at the BGE offices can tell us what we need to do. Can any of Maryland contractors reading this, tell me if you know how we need to schedule this with BGE? You can PM me if you want, or post your response here. Thanks in advance. e/m.
 
Don closed the duplicate thread in the contracting forum. You should ask him or any moderator to relocate this thread, I think it would get more response over their. Sorry I can't offer any advice on this one.
 
j_erickson said:
Don closed the duplicate thread in the contracting forum. You should ask him or any moderator to relocate this thread, I think it would get more response over their. Sorry I can't offer any advice on this one.
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I know, he closed the one that was in the right category and kept this one! Oh well, I am appreciative of all the help I can get on this. e/m.
 
I'm wandering how long you've been doing service changes and how many of them are still temp connected. I went and looked at a hot tub job last year that had been temp connected for about another year. I didn't get the job, so I never fixed the situation for him. Please check your permits for addresses and go back and visit your service changes to see that they are permanent connected. The counties send a certificate to BGE and you were supposed to call New business @BGE to schedule the connect.
 
bradleyelectric said:
I'm wandering how long you've been doing service changes and how many of them are still temp connected. I went and looked at a hot tub job last year that had been temp connected for about another year. I didn't get the job, so I never fixed the situation for him. Please check your permits for addresses and go back and visit your service changes to see that they are permanent connected. The counties send a certificate to BGE and you were supposed to call New business @BGE to schedule the connect.
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We have had customers saying that the BGE showed up and made the connection, so don't know! But will double check with those about which we are not sure. There are a couple of cases of course which we know about, and are working on (which is what prompted me to ask the question in the first place). e/m.
 
bradleyelectric said:
I'm wandering how long you've been doing service changes and how many of them are still temp connected. I went and looked at a hot tub job last year that had been temp connected for about another year. I didn't get the job, so I never fixed the situation for him. Please check your permits for addresses and go back and visit your service changes to see that they are permanent connected. The counties send a certificate to BGE and you were supposed to call New business @BGE to schedule the connect.
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I went online and looked at several different documents posted on the BGE web. Here is a quote from their Residential_Booklet (page 46 of 47):

"- Third, your electrician will contact us to set up an appropriate order for changing your existing service. After your electirician has completed wiring changes, he will contact the electrical inspetion department of your local jurisdicion for inspection. When the wiring has been inspected and approved, the local jurisdictional inspection department will send us a certificate of approval. The certificate of approval ensures your job meets approved electrical codes. After BGE receives certification, we will complete your wiring connection at the meter. For safety precautions, we will require access to your panel box."

Looks like certificate of approval will automatically trigger scheduling for connection, if order for changing service has been filed ahead of the start of the job. e/m.
 
After inspection I would just ask the HO what times were convenient for the permanent connections to be made. I would then call BGE New Business and schedule the appointment.

You can also request a work-with if need be.
 
Why are you calling in the meter set order?

Around here we get the green tag then tell the owner its up to them got call the poco, set up an account and apply for service. This keeps us out of the billing loop, and they pay their own utility bills.
 
ITO said:
Why are you calling in the meter set order?

Around here we get the green tag then tell the owner its up to them got call the poco, set up an account and apply for service. This keeps us out of the billing loop, and they pay their own utility bills.
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There is no charge for a meter connect as long as there is no relocate. I have always requested first available and they will give you a day usually about 2 weeks out and between 8-5 weather permitting. If I need to be there for any reason they will schedule a work with first thing again about 2 weeks out between 8-9AM. I have never had a job just connected without scheduling it. It may possibly be that either the homeowner called on E/M's jobs or I was scheduling and calling the homeowner with dates before automatic scheduling happened. Remember E/M does not hold the license for his business so he may have been out of the loop when the last licensee took care of things. Has any BGE service area contractors had the county certificate trigger automatic meter connection?
 
POCO here will typically not connect until they get fax in from inspection office, but sometimes lineman will leave a cell and they will come over with inspection slip on site.
 
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