12-30-2009, 01:27 PM
So that is the point. Owner builders should not be paying the temporary electric costs once they have their permanent pole up - they should have permanent electric rates. Helco doesnt have to make a trip back once they have connected the permanent pole. Usually you take your final inspection in and they change the status. This is not about the codes. In fact the codes have nothing to do with it. It is about the point where Helco can hit enter on their computer screen and change a rate.
Cary, it is all about money entirely not about a "profession". Helco knows that an owner builder will on average take longer to build than a GC. So they make money on that fact. You can bet that if the "profession" complained and lobbied for it to be changed - it most probably would be changed. HELCO, unions, contractor's lobbyists, etc all eat their meat off the same table.
Cary, it is all about money entirely not about a "profession". Helco knows that an owner builder will on average take longer to build than a GC. So they make money on that fact. You can bet that if the "profession" complained and lobbied for it to be changed - it most probably would be changed. HELCO, unions, contractor's lobbyists, etc all eat their meat off the same table.