Locally, the utility did furnish the meter enclosurers for single meter, 200 Amps and less. They did not , as per their 'Electric Rules' did not allow the origination of a GEC from their enclosurer.
About four years ago they stopped furnishing the meter enclosures and now have removed that requirement from their 'Electric Rules'.
Now, many installer do what was done many years ago. They drop the ground rod GEC out of the meter enclosure and the (buried) Water pipe GEC out of the Panelboard.
That is the reason I noted the CURRENT on the metallic raceway between the meter and the panelboard in a previous post.
Locally, it is typically, about a 5 feet long raceway.
If Aluminum Rigid Metal Conduit (ARMC), the ARMC carries approximately 80 percent of the grounded conductor paths on a 2/0 Copper neutral conductor between the meter and the panelboard.
