Beyond that, what's the point of working a Service hot when the Poco is absolutely going to have to come out and reinspect the meter pan and set a new meter?
Why not just cut the Service Drop conductors -- on the load side of the 'bugs.' -- Safety them off, one by one from an insulated platform with appropriate PPE.
The Poco can be notified to remove their meter.
More and more Poco's are getting very picky about them. (This digital age and all of that.)
As for the rest of the Service panel -- it's a total mess. It looks like some clown had shifted all of the loads to the A leg.
There appears to be a free hanging 2-pole breaker inside the panel.
The intergity of the drop is obviously shot.
All of the work appears to be completely unlicensed craft.
