HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 94RESOLUTION NO. 94
OF THE
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
AMENDING ELECTRIC SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS POLICY
TITLE 7, CHAPTER 7.48
(PREVIOUSLY ELECTRIC RULE 24 ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION NO. 8430)
WHEREAS, there are numerous advantages to the District and to the District's customers
in promoting the undergrounding of electric system facilities, including safety, reduced
maintenance and aesthetics, and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District to provide
consistent, concise and understandable policies that can be clearly interpreted,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner
Public Utility District as follows:
�. That effective this date, previous rules, regulations and
policies pertaining to applications for electric service be
rescinded.
2. That Title 7, Chapter 7.48, Electric System Construction
Standards, copy attached, be adopted effective this date.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors at a meeting duly called and held
within the District on the 6th day of September 1994 by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
By
James A. Maass, President
ATTEST:
Susan M. Craig, Deputy District Clerk
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CHAPTER 7.48
ELECTRIC SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
Sections:
7.48.010 Underground Facilities Policy
7.48.020 Underground Electric Supply (GO 128)
7.48.030 Overhead Electric Lines (GO 95)
7.48.010 Underground Facilities Polic
7.48.010.1 It shall be the policy of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District to require
all new or rebuild construction to be placed underground wherever practical Special
circumstances may dictate underarounding is not practical and the District reserves the
right to determine the practicality of a project
7.48.020 Underground Electric Supply
7.48.020.1 General Order No. 128 of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of
California, promulgating and providing rules for underground electric line construction, as
amended, is hereby declared to be the minimum and standard requirement for all
underground electric line construction and reconstruction hereafter done by, for, or on
behalf of the District, as well as for any such construction hereafter accepted or to be
accepted into the District system.
7.48.020.2 The adoption of General Order No. 128 shall apply in the future to any and
all amendments as may hereafter be ordered by the Public Utilities Commission, and an
up-to-date, true and correct copy of said order and rules, with future amendments, shall
be kept at the District office at all times.
7.48.020.3 The requirements of said General Order No. 128 shall hereafter be referred
to in all bids, plans, specifications and contracts for work done by, for, or on behalf of the
District, as well as to construction or reconstruction hereafter to be accepted into the
District system.
(Electric Rule 24, Res. 8430)
7.48.030 Overhead Electric Lines -
7.48.030.1 General Order No. 95 of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of
California contains the minimum and standard requirements for all overhead electric line
construction and reconstruction hereafter done by or on behalf of the District, as well as
for any such construction hereafter to be accepted in the District system.
7.48.030.2 The adoption of General Order No. 95 shall apply in the future to any and all
amendments as may hereafter be ordered by the Public Utilities Commission, and an up-
to -date, true and correct copy of said order and rules, with future amendments, shall be
kept at the District office at all times.
7.48.030.3 The requirements of said General Order No. 95 shall hereafter be referred
to in all bids, plans, specifications and contracts for work done by, for, or on behalf of the
District, as well as to construction or reconstruction hereafter to be accepted in the District
system.
(Electric Rule 22, Res. 8430, 7/14/75)