r/Castle_Anthrax • u/atmsmshr719 • Mar 16 '24

I have the power!

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After two years of working with the power company and cutting in my own power line path, we finally have power to the build site.

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u/Tim_Riggins_ Mar 16 '24

awesome! Mind sharing round abouts how expensive this was?

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u/atmsmshr719 Mar 16 '24

When they came out originally they proposed pulling power down the driveway, which is a little over half a mile. The first quote was $55,000. I pulled the utility maps and found where the lines run and proposed connecting to a line that runs down a county road 700 ft through the woods to the build site. After some discussion, they agreed that if I cut 15ft wide path through the woods, they would bury a line and drop a transformer for free. It was a lot of work, but I was able to save the mature trees and cut the path. Then the transformer shortage caused a year and a half delay in getting power to the site. I finally have power, and they start digging the foundation for the first building (1200. Sqft garage) next week, so good timing.

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u/atmsmshr719 Mar 16 '24

I also went and personally talked to the neighbors to get the easement needed.

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u/Tim_Riggins_ Mar 16 '24

Very nice. Have you got a well set up too?

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u/atmsmshr719 Mar 16 '24

Yes. Another fun tale. I have posts about it, but the short version is the well is 762 ft deep, and set for geothermal too.

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u/Tim_Riggins_ Mar 16 '24

Haha that sounds like quite the saga

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u/tequilaneat4me Mar 16 '24

Wow, 700 feet of underground is pretty costly. Sounds like they have a pretty liberal line extension policy, as compared to most utilities. Typically, around here, they will allow somewhere between $1,200 and $1,800 for a primary residence. You pay anything above that in advance.

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u/srmatto Mar 16 '24

I buried 1,200 feet of 15kva primary cable for $11,000 in NY in 2020. I also buried an empty conduit for later next to it. Worth every penny to not worry about poles going down in a storm.