Running electricity long distances

[JonBoy]

My property out in Doss currently does not have electricity on it. After contacting CTEC it looks like my total run length is going to be almost 2200ft to get electric out to the end of the property that I've run. Unfortunately they won't give me a per foot quote unless we're serious about putting it in...the only thing they could tell me was worst case it would be $9/foot ($19,800). Does anyone have any experience running electricity out in that area and did it really cost that much? Its pretty rocky so that's probably gonna hurt me...

[JonBoy]

oops wrong forum...mods can you move this to the campfire?

[TX Outlaw]

Are they running it underground or overhead on poles

[refugioco]

Dont know the answer, but I was wondering is the 2200 ft the closest point to your property from their source?

[100%TtId]

Can you get your neighbors to split the cost if CTEC can add branches to serve adjacent properties that don't have power now?

Be careful on signing any easements for future developments.

[Chance Love]

Last year a friend of mine ran 7300'+ for a little over $27K. This was overhead.

[VorTexan]

Wow!

I live WAY back in the woods and initially ran my own (throught the woods). Course I had an advantage as I "johnny cashed" it as my dad at the time worked for a power company and he got the guys in the yard to give me a bunch of scrap so I bought connectors, insulators, 1 treated pole to cross a major powerline and there you go. You get power droppage doing this but I didn't need much electricity at the time (can't remember what size wire I ran.

Few years later I add onto my cabin and the power company didn't charge me a thing because I was a customer. Course it didn't hurt that I had a business at the time using about $3500 a month in electricity either.

[bphillips]

Seems pretty close.. Our was pretty rocky and had to clear a good amount of brush and I believe right around a mile was 31K or 33K about two years ago.

[Witchgrass]

My property out in Doss currently does not have electricity on it. After contacting CTEC it looks like my total run length is going to be almost 2200ft to get electric out to the end of the property that I've run. Unfortunately they won't give me a per foot quote unless we're serious about putting it in...the only thing they could tell me was worst case it would be $9/foot ($19,800). Does anyone have any experience running electricity out in that area and did it really cost that much? Its pretty rocky so that's probably gonna hurt me...

I'm pretty a sure that cost is overhead. I work for the local Electric provider here, and our overhead costs are pretty close to that. Usually the rock digging doesn't affect the cost, at least in our area. And a some parts of our territory have flint rock.

[60 Deluxe]

Our house is nearly a half mile off of the road and the power lines that parallel the road.
We didn't have to pay anything for electricity (overhead) or buried telephone cable.
In fact, we even got a check from the electric company for meeting the insulation, heat pumps, windows, whatnot on the house. I think it was about $1500. The electric bills have remained very low even though the rate has about doubled. We did go all electric but put in a wood burning stove for heat in the event of a power outage in the winter.

[btn]

Since it is a coop that is the power provider the rates are as low as you are going to see because they are non-profit construction cost is usually based on what the line is being built to, (I.E. home, barn or deer camp) a lot of times if it is going to be a full time residence they will cut you a break and the coop i used to work for would let you pay it off in instalments on your bill. But that is up here and i have been away from coop work for over 5 years.

[JonBoy]

Are they running it underground or overhead on poles

Sorry for the delay...they would be running it overhead on poles.

Dont know the answer, but I was wondering is the 2200 ft the closest point to your property from their source?

The closest pole to the property is 580 ft away but unfortunately that puts it on the exact wrong side of the property so I'm having to run it across the property to get it where I want.

[JonBoy]

I'm pretty a sure that cost is overhead. I work for the local Electric provider here, and our overhead costs are pretty close to that. Usually the rock digging doesn't affect the cost, at least in our area. And a some parts of our territory have flint rock.

Since it is a coop that is the power provider the rates are as low as you are going to see because they are non-profit construction cost is usually based on what the line is being built to, (I.E. home, barn or deer camp) a lot of times if it is going to be a full time residence they will cut you a break and the coop i used to work for would let you pay it off in instalments on your bill. But that is up here and i have been away from coop work for over 5 years.

awesome info much appreciated!

[tex4k]

Now days it would probably be cheaper and much less headache to go with the power company, there are power line. Crews from all over the state building lines in the oil boom areas and I would wager they're staying busy and charging top dollar.

[axisfeeder]

CTEC built about 750' to my barn 10 years ago and charged me some amount guessing $2,500. They paid me back after a couple of years. I think it depends on what you will have on your meter, barn, well, house, etc. they don't want to just spend a lot of money for the minimum meter charge. I think they saw what my meter use was and refunded it after a year or two of use.

What did you tell them you were going to hook up to?