The checklist below describes your steps and our steps for new electric and/or natural gas facilities installation.
Application and planning
Customer/Developer
- Submit completed application with plat of survey, CAD file(s) and pdf of the construction plans. Include any existing
facilities, such as water/sewer/septic, easements, retention ponds, wetlands, historical sites and any other obstructions.
We Energies
- Confirm receipt of completed application
- Designer sends invitation to cable and phone companies for joint trench, if applicable
- Schedule pre-design meeting prior to design approval
- Design new service
- Send cost letter/invoice, design sketch and grade certification
Installation readiness and construction
Customer/Developer
- Send payment and signed sketch
- Prepare building site:
- Locate other utilities and stake lot corners
- Clear 15-foot-wide path along the installation route
- Grade to within 4 inches of final elevation along installation route
- Maintain site until electric and/or natural gas facilities are installed:
- Ensure no obstructions are along route (lumber, equipment or soil piles)
- Maintain grade and send grade verification form
We Energies
- Determine right of way and obtain any necessary easements. A signed authorization is required.
- Apply for permit, as needed
- Schedule on-site meeting to verify site is ready for installation and to discuss construction schedule and facilities
installation process
- Schedule electric and/or natural gas facilities installation
Potential project delays
- Incomplete application
- Customer's required CAD files or construction plans
- Municipality's design approval (if applicable)
- Failure to mark underground utilities
- Lot corners not staked (electric facility installation only)
- Site conditions or site not ready
- Rocky terrain
- Weather
- Emergency repairs or outages
- Permitting
- Environmental or historical considerations
- Missing easements
- Road restrictions
- Redesign required by municipality or at developer's request
