How much is typical POCO cost for wooden pole install?????

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dionysius

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I was quoted $6550 for one pole. This will be a pass on to customer but seems very high.

How does this compare with different POCOs????
 
dionysius said:
I was quoted $6550 for one pole. This will be a pass on to customer but seems very high.

How does this compare with different POCOs????
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Are you in Eastern WA? Is the pole for primary supply - which includes the transformer, etc..

If you are in Western WA PSE area, the tariff sheet is
https://pse.com/aboutpse/Rates/Documents/elec_sch_085.pdf
Recall for OH it is about $4400 for a pole and $8 ft, so if you are one OH span from public right of way, then the 6550 sounds about right.

I dug and backfilled a 200 ft trench recently (secondary) and PSE charge was zero. Primary is different story.

I have a cabin on acreage in Lewis county PUD, rates are only 5.5 cents kW-hr but 75 cents day minimum, so I just use my microhydro for power - and not worth selling a few thousand kW-hrs/month back at 5 cents. (and probably having the AHJ not allow all the non-code microhydro equipment - all custom, zero UL stickers, etc.)
Due to tree fall outages, the PUD I don't think will even consider installing a pole and OH wires, even out in the boonies.
 
dionysius said:
I was quoted $6550 for one pole. This will be a pass on to customer but seems very high.

How does this compare with different POCOs????
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Are they just replacing a pole or is this an extension of a line and other equipment is also being added? Add a transformer and some additional gear and that may be cheap.
 
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