Hello Paul,
While it's not a criminal offense here (except to put jumper bars in behind the meter)the PoCo Cinergy probably would like it to be so. The first time we found out how much they disliked us cutting seals, or pulling meters, we responded to a call and found the meter base SMOKING. (loose connection had melted through the cast pan) We cut the seal and yanked the meter! When the PoCo service man got there, he threw a fit, and a week later we received a letter from their legal dept telling us that if we ever did that again, they wouldn't do new connects or reconnects if we were involved. That's how bad they can be, sometimes.
[This message has been edited by Dallas (edited 09-16-2001).]
