Pennsylvania Code
Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part I - Public Utility Commission
Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities
Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE
Subchapter H - UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Section 57.83 - Applicants for electric service

(1) At its own cost, provide the utility with a copy of the recorded development plot plan identifying property boundaries, and with easements satisfactory to the utility for occupancy by distribution, service and street-lighting lines and related facilities.

(2) At its own cost, clear the ground in which the lines and related facilities are to be laid of trees, stumps and other obstructions, provide the excavating and backfilling subject to the inspection and approval of the utility, and rough grade it to within 6 inches of final grade, so that the utility's part of the installation shall consist only of laying of the lines and installing other service-related facilities. Excavating and backfilling performed or provided by the applicant shall follow the utility's underground construction standards and specifications set forth by the utility in written form and presented to the applicant at the time of application for service and presentation of the recorded plot plan to the utility. If the utility's specifications have not been met by the applicant's excavating and backfilling, the excavating and backfilling shall be corrected or redone by the applicant or its authorized agent. Failure to comply with the utility's construction standards and specifications permits the utility to refuse utility service until the standards and specifications are met.

(3) Request electric service at such time that the lines may be installed before curbs, pavements and sidewalks are laid; carefully coordinate scheduling of the utility's line and facility installation with the general project construction schedule, including coordination with other utilities sharing the same trench; keep the route of lines clear of machinery and other obstructions when the line installation crew is scheduled to appear; and otherwise cooperate with the utility to avoid unnecessary costs and delay.

(4) Pay to the utility necessary and additional costs incurred by the utility as a result of the following:

(5) No charges other than those described in paragraph (4) shall be borne by the applicant for electric service or by another utility sharing the same trench, even if the electric utility elects to perform its own excavating and backfilling.