INFORMATION & REQUIREMENTS ELECTRIC SERVICE - NStar

ARTICLE 413 ARTICLE 413
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For the North District:
The first section of wire, not to exceed 125 feet, shall be
furnished, installed, owned, and maintained by NSTAR from the
pole line in the public way. All other private property
construction will be furnished, installed, owned and maintained
by NSTAR at the customer’s expense, subject to the following
requirements:
A. NSTAR is granted written permission from the property
owner to install such poles, conductors, apparatus and
attachments as required to provide electric service on
private property.
B. If the public pole line is on the opposite side of the street,
NSTAR, at its own expense, will furnish, install, own and
maintain the first pole on private property.
C. The customer shall make provisions to guarantee NSTAR
access to the private property facilities for installation and
maintenance.These provisions will include plowing, paving,
or whatever is necessary to ensure safe passage for NSTAR
vehicles and personnel.
D. When the customer has installed the private property
construction, ownership will be transferred to NSTAR.
Refer to Article 406,When Customers Install Their Own
Electric Facilities.
E. Any extension of private property construction required to
provide service to another building on the same property,
will be subject to the above requirements and will be at
customer’s expense.
F. Any extension of private property construction required to
provide service to another customer will require an
easement from the private property owner.
For the South & Cambridge Districts – Residential
Overhead Services from Overhead Lines:
Where a NSTAR-owned distribution line exists along a public
or private way, it is the general policy of NSTAR, subject to
review in each case, to install at NSTAR’s expense, up to two
wooden service poles and three spans of overhead wires and
appurtenances on the customer’s property to serve a single
family dwelling. Any additional construction that may be
required will be at the customer’s expense.The customer will
pay to NSTAR the carrying charge on the cost of construction
in excess of the first two poles and three spans of wire. NSTAR
will bring residential overhead electric service to the nearest
point of attachment on the house or building by the most
direct practical route as determined by NSTAR.
Where a NSTAR-owned distribution line does not exist and a
line extension along a public or private way is necessary to
serve the customer, the cost of the private property
construction will be at the customer’s expense. Please refer to
the Residential Overhead Line Extension Policy or contact the
NSTAR New Customer Connect Tech Center.All construction
will be owned and maintained by NSTAR.
NSTAR ownership of any poles on private property is effective
only upon receipt of adequate legal protection as to property
rights, trimming rights, and rights to extend the pole line to
serve others, with associated documents to be approved by
NSTAR counsel. Legally valid easements at no cost to NSTAR
will be required whenever NSTAR-owned poles are located on
private property.
Under the Residential Overhead Line Extension Policy, the
customer may elect to install an equivalent system approved by
NSTAR but shall transfer said system to NSTAR for all of the
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