bringing in new con ed service
we are bringing in new con ed service (our house currently has a grand total of 60 amps) and were told that with 1,2 or 3 family buildings, all new service has to have the meters installed on the outside!!! has anyone else encountered this?
we are bringing in new con ed service (our house currently has a grand total of 60 amps)
and were told that with 1,2 or 3 family buildings, all new service has to have the meters installed on the outside!!!
has anyone else encountered this?
I emailed Con Ed with a similar question and got this reply (dated May 17, 2007) from customer service:
“The meter can be located any on the outside of the house if the ordinance law permits it or inside your home. It is up to the electrician and you to reach an agreement. With all due respect, I think that having the meter outside is much better because access will always be available to read it.
“If you have any questions, please contact our Energy Service Department at 212-460-4600 and ask for the department for your borough/county.”
I’ve seen ConEd all around my block (State and Hoyt Streets) this past week, so maybe that’s what they’re up to?
Yes, unless you’re landmarked (and prepared for a battle), the meters must be on the outside.
They are about 2 years away from putting in the remote-read meters, so if you can hold off until then (which I am doing) you can have it installed inside. Otherwise, get ready for an eyesore!
The good people of ConEd told me about a year ago that they’re planning to upgrade all of Brooklyn to a remote sensor metering system, similar to KeySpan’s. This would allow me to keep the meter inside my house, because they can read it via remote from the street. Supposedly they are making their way through the neighborhoods of Brooklyn right now installing the sensors… has anyone out there witnessed this or at least heard something about it? Or am I waiting for the Great Pumpkin?
Yes, we recently had to deal with that. The one positive aspect to this is that you don’t have to deal with a stranger coming into your house to take the reading. Also, you can paint the ugly metal box any color you want, and we coordinated with con-ed to have the conduit going up to the box burried in the wall which we later brownstoned, so overall the look is totally inoffensive.
Not if you are in a Landmark Block and can prove it to Con Ed. Evidently they can’t read the landmark maps that Landmark puts out. You, as the homeowner has to present written proof from Landmarks that you are indeed in a District and then the meeter can go inside. A homeowner on our block (Rutland betwn Bed & Rogs) had their meter successfully reinstalled inside after the fact.