adding power to a property

[KactusKiller]

I am looking at a property that does not currently have power. There is a power line about .75 miles down the road. In your experience what does it take to get power to a property that far away? I believe the area is covered by an electric co-op in Navarro CO.

[DapperDan]

Contact the co-op and be ready for a large expense...


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[CabezaBlanca]

My experience is they will bring it to the front of your property for no cost. From there it will cost you. However, my guess is that not all co-ops are the same.

[batmaninja]

Mine was $10/foot, with a $2K credit, that was just the power lines and poles. Co-op is the place to start.

[12RingKing]

Mine will cost 4K per pole. Roughly.

But I'm sure they will bring it up to your property at no cost to you, but onto your property, it costs

[Pineywoods]

My experience is they will bring it to the front of your property for no cost. From there it will cost you. However, my guess is that not all co-ops are the same.

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[Shinesintx]

Mine was $10/foot, with a $2K credit, that was just the power lines and poles. Co-op is the place to start.

Sounds like mine...except they wanted another 15k for clearing trees. Luckily, my neighbors to the south signed an easement.

[CabezaBlanca]

A couple of other things to think about... Most likely they will require a ~20' easement for the power to come through. So, if you run poles down your fence line then your neighbor has to sign off on a 10' easement on his side of the fence. Trees are not allowed in the easement either so clearing has to be done by you or the co-op if you have trees.

If you go underground with the power, prepare to bend over even farther.

They will give you a credit of some sort towards your light bill. I believe mine was around $4,000. However, I was probably credited about $50 of that 4K because of the way their credit system works.

[DUKFVR]

We were dealing on a place about 4 years ago near San Saba and the cost to get the line ran about the same distance was quoted about 13 -15 thousand.

[randal]

I'm getting power to the place we just bought and they would run it 250' free and $6/ft after that.. I'm bringing it to the edge of the property and taking it from there to the house because if they bring it to the house it's high line and I want it buried on my property.. you can buy wire from my provider at cost..

[Killer]

Is the 3/4 mile along a county road/fm road or across private property? That may make a difference. Also let them know of all plans of what you intend to build even into the future. Sometimes their extension policy will be based off footage, cost and the amount of load served.

[texashunter56]

I had about 500 ft of new line ran for to my water well 5 yrs ago. It was 3 poles for around $5200 paid in full up front. Nothing credited or returned since it was AEP. I had another location that was about 1500' with 5 poles total and it was around $8200 on that quote. AEP again on that one. I was responsible on both locations for clearing the right of way. Down in my area generally you can figure $1500 per pole for a cost estimate.

[gonehuntin]

Navarro COOP is the electricity provider next door to me. My neighbor has electricity thru them ( more dependable than Oncor, keep the right of ways cleared better and never a power outage ) and they charged him for every pole, ever 300 feet and he had to clear the right of way and secure the easement from the neighbor. He said his cost was $5500 to run his power, but it was over a mile run for his and that was in 2008.

[Tx_Wader]

So, if you run poles down your fence line then your neighbor has to sign off on a 10' easement on his side of the fence.

Or he could just come 20' inside his property and run the poles.

You'll just have to call the Co-Op and get them to come out and give you an estimate.

[WalkieTalkie]

You can do the underground yourself. 3 foot trench with a mini excavator - 4" Sch 40 raceway from the nearest utility pole to the transformer

Pull nylon string through the raceway from one end to the other (coke can, air compressor and/or leaf blower) and the utility company will pull the wire and terminate the connections.

Now You have power