Who checks the meter can for bad neutral: POCO or me?

[DrSparks]

You should never pull the meter out of the socket purely for liability reasons. If you caused a short and blew up their transformer or blew your face off you’d probably A.) be sued by the POCO and/or B.) have your medical claims rejected by your insurance company.


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[Coppersmith]

You should never pull the meter out of the socket purely for liability reasons. If you caused a short and blew up their transformer or blew your face off you’d probably A.) be sued by the POCO and/or B.) have your medical claims rejected by your insurance company.

If you look at most large successful businesses, they got that way by pushing the envelope, not by playing it safe. Take Uber for example. Most cities have some kind of taxi regulations and licensing. Uber went around these regulations and even when sued by cities for doing so, just pushed forward. Look where they are now.

Pizza delivery is another example. Pizza shops wouldn't be half as profitable without delivery. They hire people off the street and have them use their own vehicles. Legally, those people should inform their insurance company that they are using their vehicles for commercial purposes. The insurance companies would then require additional insurance at additional premium. The pizza shops know this, but never say anything to the drivers. If they had to pay for that insurance or asked their drivers to do so, it would make delivery unprofitable.

Pulling meters is exactly the same thing. Some of the most profitable work I do requires that the meter be pulled, but the POCO wants two weeks to schedule it and then only wants to give a four hour window for same day re-install. That would kill my business. I'm pushing the envelope.

 

[kwired]

If you look at most large successful businesses, they got that way by pushing the envelope, not by playing it safe. Take Uber for example. Most cities have some kind of taxi regulations and licensing. Uber went around these regulations and even when sued by cities for doing so, just pushed forward. Look where they are now.

Pizza delivery is another example. Pizza shops wouldn't be half as profitable without delivery. They hire people off the street and have them use their own vehicles. Legally, those people should inform their insurance company that they are using their vehicles for commercial purposes. The insurance companies would then require additional insurance at additional premium. The pizza shops know this, but never say anything to the drivers. If they had to pay for that insurance or asked their drivers to do so, it would make delivery unprofitable.

Pulling meters is exactly the same thing. Some of the most profitable work I do requires that the meter be pulled, but the POCO wants two weeks to schedule it and then only wants to give a four hour window for same day re-install. That would kill my business. I'm pushing the envelope.

You might say rules are there to create additional hurdles when it comes to litigation. You may still get a favorable result from that litigation but will need to work harder at the litigation process to get it.