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Estimating Construction for Your Residential Service

CVEA offers a construction calculator to provide an estimate for a PERMANENT, SINGLE-PHASE, RESIDENTIAL new service.

  • The estimate does not account for cost variables such as: land terrain, elevation fluctuations, permits, etc.
  • For new temporary, commercial, or three-phase connections, or for an existing service modification, please visit the construction webpage for more information.

For the complete construction process, please visit the Construction page.

To Complete the Calculation

Two pieces of information are needed to use the calculator:

  1. Nearest source of power
  2. Distance from source of power to the location of your future meter base.

Step 1: Location to Nearest source of power

Find the nearest source of power from the property in question. This can be a pedestal, junction box, underground transformer, pole with a transformer or pole with no transformer. Click the picture representing the closest source of power.

  • Equipment color and labeling may vary.
  • Underground transformers and junction boxes look very similar. Transformers should have a T included in the identifier (e.g. SER T18), while junction boxes do not.
  • DISCLAIMER: Do NOT attempt to touch or open the equipment pictured above, as it is energized.

Step 2: Distance from source of power to the location of your future meter base

Input the distance, in feet, from the source of power (indicated by the picture selected on the previous page) to the approximate location where the meter base will be installed. If you wish to inquire further after this calculation, please contact construction@cvea.org.

Final, Rough, Estimated Costs

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Reminder: The calculation is meant to be a rough estimate. Please see additional construction notes below.

Construction Notes

  1. Customer is responsible for all land clearing prior to construction
  2. Customer is responsible for purchasing and installing the meter base. See Meter Base Guidelines.
  3. CVEA Standard Offering provides up to a $5,000 reimbursement if requirements are met:
    1. Residential only
    2. Year round accounts only
    3. Customer has up to 2 years to document 12 months continuous usage for reimbursement. See Tariff.
  4. CVEA has construction loans available upon approval.
  5. Construction season starts as soon as conditions allow. Work orders with paperwork completed, estimate paid and meter base installed by September 15th will be connected during current construction season.

For the complete construction process, please visit the Construction page.

Once reviewed, if you have additional questions, please contact construction@cvea.org