For reference, about ten years ago we were looking at building a house that would have been 1,200' from the power line. The breakdown on cost was:
Trenching and backfill (5 feet deep): $18,620
PG&E costs (Supply and place HV wire): $14,000
Total: $32,620
This was a little higher I would expect it to be in most places, because 1) The distribution voltage was 22,000 volts, and needed to be buried 5 feet deep, and 2) For some reason, they needed to "loop" the HV, and were actually going to run six CIC cables up to the transformer.
The maximum distance PG&E would allow from the xformer to the house was 200'. We were going to be right at the limit, because the reels of HV cable are 1000', and if we were over 1000' we were going to have to pay for a vault in which to splice the cables.
According to local rules here, PG&E had to supply and pay for the transformer; we were responsible for the pad, and for the cost and installation of the wire.
[This message has been edited by SolarPowered (edited 12-23-2004).]
