Ryan, I was thinking about this while at work and realized that what I think of as a typical service is not how everyone does it.

I have never seen an all in one setup in this area, and an outside disconnect for a dwelling unit is very rare.

Here is note 3 from 250.66

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3. Where there are no service-entrance conductors, the grounding electrode conductor size shall be determined by the equivalent size of the largest service-entrance conductor required for the load to be served.

It sounds like even if they install a 200 amp panel that they could size the GEC by the calculated load.

In the absence of load calculations maybe just have them size it to a 200 amp conductor?

Glad to help out, sorry if I came across to strong.

Take Care, Bob


Bob Badger
Construction & Maintenance Electrician
Massachusetts