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ELECTRIC RULES UNDERGROUND AND OVERHEAD SERVICES continued NEW SINGLE PHASE UNDERGROUND SERVICE SUPPLIED TO NEW CUSTOMER IN ESTABLISHED AREAS Customer must supply trench, restoration and must comply withall other Utility policies. MAINTENANCE OF UNDERGROUND SERVICES The Utility reserves the right to cause the underground service to be replaced if such cable is damaged, overloaded, and hazardousor for any condition deemed necessary by the Utility. The customer and his agents shall not perform work in or on service pedestals, transformers, switching cabinets, vaults, manholes, junction boxes, poles, or towers ownedby the Utility. UNDERGROUND COMMERCIAL/ INDUSTRIAL (NON-DEMAND/ DEMAND) All commercial service entrances shall be wired by a licensed electrician, so qualified by the State Board of Electricity. Commercial services shall be underground except by writtenauthority of Elk River Municipal Utilities. The owner shall be responsible for the service entrance to the source of power as determined by the Utility. This includes the removal and replacement of sidewalks and/or pavement as necessary to provide complete service entrance continuity. See page 15 for connection fees. OVERHEAD SERVICE CONSTRUCTION (Used only as an exception) shall be locatedso that the service wire will not cross over the building. -head, and wire furnished by the customer, and attached to his building. Tails shall be left on the customer service wires extending a minimum of three (3) feet beyond the weather-head. The neutral wire shall be identified and shall be continuous (no cut) from the weather-head to the entrance switch (unless otherwise approved by the Utility). The service mast shall extend above the roof a distance of thirty (30) inches, and must use conduit with a minimum size of two (2) inches, terminating just above the meter connection. If it is necessary that this service extend unusually high above the roof, the pipe size shall be increased accordingly,to give suitable strength to support the utility service connection. If the conduit is not increased in size, a tie to the building must be supplied by the customer to support the service wires. ises shall not be less than ten (10) feet above the final grade at a height to permit a minimum clearance for the lowest wire as tabulated below: Twelve (12) feet above private sidewalks Eighteen (18) feet above roads, alleys, streets and public sidewalks Eighteen (18) feet above farm driveways Sixteen (16) feet above drives to residential garages Twenty-two (22) feet above State Highways Eighteen (18) feet above driveways used by trucks 12 81