The poco here dictates that i shall not pull meters, cut or rebug service entrance.
But these are thier bylaws, and they know it because i'll not have thier beuracracy hold me up from making a living and do as i'm hired to do.
I could possibly think differently if in fact the poco owned any of the service laterals or OH drops here...not so...
If you think about it, we could cough up some 70E stuff that would have you deenergize via pulling a meter for safety reasons.
All in all if the poco won't trust a field sparky to do this, i have no ear to thier concerns either.
As to the so-called 'emergency response' here, there is none inside of 40 minutes or so.
Apparently past history saw the line foreman take the bucket truck home, not so anymore.
They have to get up, get dressed, etc, go to the shop, do all that is dictated ( punch in, truck checks..)by the poco to respond.
40+ minutes is an eternity in some situations....trust me.
