Need help, Bartlett electric coop question

[jcamp]

Trying to figure out costs, i know each job is diff but figured I’d check on here before i paid 200 to ask on the phone

Place we are looking at has power line on the place, probably 300
Feet from where house would be. nearest transformer is not. But it’s not far

Those that have had work done with Bartlett can you provide input to what a transformer would cost to put on the land and/or running poles from the closest transformer? What is typically done?


Thanks in advance


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[clay4626]

Trying to figure out costs, i know each job is diff but figured I’d check on here before i paid 200 to ask on the phone

Place we are looking at has power line on the place, probably 300
Feet from where house would be. nearest transformer is not. But it’s not far

Those that have had work done with Bartlett can you provide input to what a transformer would cost to put on the land and/or running poles from the closest transformer? What is typically done?


Thanks in advance


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Probable won't cost you any thing for that distance since its for a house.
Most providers will give you a $2000.00 credit for a house connection
You will have to buy a 200 amp meter poll and they are close to $400.00 at Mc Coys. My coop ran the wires about 250 yrds and set transformer poll
at no cost since it was for a perm house The meter poll can be about 75 to 100 feet from the transformer pole The electric co will make the connection between the transformer and meter poll. You will also have to have a copper ground rod at the meter pole

[jcamp]

Also any reviews on Bartlett coop would be helpful. Some of the stuff I’m reading on them is not so hot


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[bobc]

My folks have used them for 50 years and have zero complaints.


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[jcamp]

My folks have used them for 50 years and have zero complaints.


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[Dirtymike]

What is your email? I can forward you my quote. Our place is in Taylor Tx. "Utilities at the street" did not mean what i thought it meant.

HOLY CRAP it is expensive. Close to 7k to get water. Because the line was at the street. But on the other side of the street. They had to go under the road.

Power lines are at the street too. But not close to where we are building. The original quote was to go under ground and was about 10k. Once we said ok lets bit the bullet and get it over with he did the paper work and it was 6400.

I will copy past the PDF easement agreement they sent. I am unsure about it and concerned a bit.

STATE OF TEXAS §
§ KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
COUNTY OF ______________ §
That __________________________________________, of ____________ County, Texas (hereinafter referred to
as “Grantor,” whether one or more), for the provision of electric service or other good and valuable consideration
received the receipt and sufficiency of which is deemed valuable to Grantor and which is hereby expressly
acknowledged and accepted by Grantor from Bartlett Electric Cooperative, Inc., a Texas non-profit electric
cooperative corporation, whose mailing address is P.O. Box 200, Bartlett, Texas 76511, and physical address of
27492 Highway 95, Bartlett, Texas 76511 (hereinafter referred to as “Cooperative”), does hereby grant and convey
unto the Cooperative, its successors and assigns, an easement and right-of-way for one or more electric lines and
communication devices and/or lines for electric operations and/or maintenance, each consisting of a variable number
of wires and circuits, and all necessary and desirable appurtenances and attachments including, but not limited to,
poles, crossarms, guy wires and guy anchorages of varying heights and/or depths (“Easement”), on, over, under,
across, along and upon all that certain land in ______________ County, Texas (hereinafter referred to as “Grantor’s
Property”) more particularly described as follows:
(__) Platted Property:
Lot(s) _______________, in Block _____________, _________________________ Addition, an
addition to the City of ________________________________ (cross out if not within city limits),
______________________ County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume
or Cabinet_____________, Page or Plat No.____________ (circle the applicable term), of the Deed
Records of ______________________, County, Texas, or Instrument No. _______________ in the
Official Public Records of ____________________ County, Texas; or
(__) Unplatted Property:
ALL that certain tract of land lying and situated in the __________Survey, Abstract No.
____________, in _________________________ County, Texas, containing _____________ acres
of land, more or less, out of the ______________________________ Survey, Abstract No.
_________________, as more fully described in an instrument recorded in Volume
____________________, Page __________, of the _______________ Records of
________________ County, Texas.
The Easement and its rights and privileges herein granted shall include the right of pedestrian and vehicular ingress
and egress on, over, under, across, along and upon Grantor’s Property and shall be used for the purposes of providing
electric utility service to Grantor and/or others (overhead or underground), including, but not limited to, placing,
constructing, reconstructing, operating, inspecting, patrolling, maintaining, removing, improving, upgrading,
increasing or reducing the capability, capacity and number of circuits, repairing, and relocating electric and/or
communication lines and/or devices, or distribution facilities or equipment, as well as reading any meter or
performing any act relating to the provision of utility service.
This Easement, together with all rights and privileges herein granted, shall be a covenant running with the land for the
benefit of the Cooperative, its successors and assigns, and such rights and privileges are severable and may be
assigned in whole, or in part, as the Cooperative may desire. Grantor covenants that Grantor, Grantor’s heirs,
successors and assigns shall facilitate and assist Cooperative personnel in exercising Cooperative’s rights and
privileges herein described at all reasonable times.
Blanket Easement: 3.7.2016 Page 2 of 3
The width of the Easement shall be thirty (30) feet, one-half (½) of such distance on either side of the Cooperative’s
lines, as such lines are or will be constructed on Grantor’s Property. In instances where the Cooperative’s poles, guy
wires, anchor structures or other facilities (other than lines) are not located in the mid-point of the Easement, then in
such instances the Easement width shall include a distance of fifteen (l5) feet from and around any such pole, guy
wire, anchor structure or other facility. The Cooperative shall also have the right to use so much of the remainder of
Grantor’s Property as may be reasonably necessary to provide electric utility service including, but not limited to,
construction, installation, repair and removal of the facilities that may at any time be necessary, at Cooperative’s sole
discretion, for the purposes herein specified.
Should the Grantor erect locked gates or other barriers that include, but not limited to, hostile dogs, the Grantor will
provide the Cooperative with convenient means to circumvent the barrier for access without notice. Refusal on the
part of the Grantor to provide reasonable access for the above purposes may, at the Cooperative’s option, be sufficient
cause for discontinuance of service. Alternatively, the Cooperative may move the metering location and other
facilities and charge Grantor the cost of relocating all facilities.
The Cooperative shall have the right to clear the Easement of all obstructions or to prevent possible interference with
or hazards to the safety, operation, and reliability of any of said lines and/or facilities or devices, including, but not
limited to, trimming, cutting down, and/or chemically treating trees, undergrowth, and shrubbery within the Easement
or within such proximity of the Cooperative’s facilities so as to be hazardous to such facilities. Grantor shall not
construct or locate any structure, building, or obstruction, including, but not limited to, impound any water or place
any temporary or permanent erection of any mast-type equipment or appurtenances, stock tanks, dams, storage piles,
swimming pools, antenna, spas, water wells, and/or oil wells within the Easement that will violate any applicable
safety codes or interfere with Cooperative’s rights and privileges as herein granted. Cooperative has the right to
install, use, maintain, and lock access gates, and to remove or prevent construction on the Easement of any or all
buildings, structures, and obstructions at Grantor’s expense.
Grantor agrees that the consideration received by the Grantor includes consideration for all damages for the initial
construction of the Cooperative’s facilities on Grantor’s Property as well as all damages, if any, to Grantor’s Property
which may occur in the future after the initial construction of the Cooperative’s facilities on Grantor’s Property,
directly resulting from the Cooperative’s exercise of any of its rights herein granted. The Cooperative shall not be
liable for any damages caused by maintaining the easement clear of trees, undergrowth, brush, buildings, structures,
and/or obstructions.
Grantor warrants that Grantor is the owner of Grantor’s Property and has the right to execute this instrument. Grantor
warrants that there are no liens existing against Grantor’s Property other than the following liens:
__________________________________________________ ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________ ____________________________________________
Grantor agrees that all of Cooperative’s facilities installed on, over, under, across, along and upon Grantor’s Property
shall remain the sole property of Cooperative, removable at the sole option of the Cooperative.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Easement and rights unto the Cooperative, its successors and assigns, until all of the
Cooperative’s lines and facilities shall be abandoned by a fully executed and recorded release of Grantor’s Property
by the Cooperative and not by removal of any or all Cooperative facilities, and in that event the Easement shall cease
and all rights herein granted shall terminate and revert to Grantor, Grantor’s heirs, successors or assigns; AND
GRANTOR HEREBY BINDS GRANTOR, AND GRANTOR’S HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS,
AND SUCCESSORS, TO WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND THE EASEMENT AND RIGHTS HEREIN
GRANTED UNTO THE COOPERATIVE, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AGAINST EVERY PERSON
WHOMSOEVER LAWFULLY CLAIMING OR TO CLAIM THE SAME OR ANY PART THEREOF.
________________________________________ ____________________________________

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