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Underground The following items must be completed before PSE energizes your underground
temporary temporary service:
service 1. Contact a CCS Representative at 1-888-321-7779 and request your temporary
installation underground service.
process
2. Obtain an electrical work permit from the inspecting agency.
3. Order underground utility locate service by contacting the 811 “Call Before You
Dig” hotline two business days before digging.
4. Install your meter pedestal and meter base/socket in the appropriate location
(see Figures 34 and 35).
5. Provide the appropriately sized conductor from your meter socket to PSE’s
connection point. Please leave 5 feet of extra cable at the stubout or handhole,
and 10 extra feet at a transformer. Consult the NEC for the appropriate cable
sizes.
6. Obtain and pass an electrical inspection.
7. Trench up to and expose the PSE connection point at the stubout, handhole, or
transformer.
8. If trenching is provided, cover your cable except in the work pit where our
personnel will be splicing your cable to ours.
9. After the above items are complete, call CCS at 1-888-321-7779 and inform a
CCS Representative that your installation has been inspected and that you are
ready for your temporary service.
Figure 35 shows the standard temporary underground service installation that we
recommend. The dimensions shown are the minimum acceptable.
Please do not deviate from our installation standards without approval from your
CCS Representative. Doing so may extend the time frame for your service hookup.

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